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Research Paper | Medicine | India | Volume 11 Issue 2, February 2022 | Popularity: 4.9 / 10
Symptomatology of Post Covid Patients at Tertiary Care Hospital Spmc Bikaner
Dr. Surendra Kumar, Dr. Kokila R, Dr Harish Kumar, Dr. Manoj Mali, Dr. Surender Kumar, Dr. Sandeep Dangi, Dr. Chandra Pal, Dr. Sayed Wasim, Dr. Navneet
Abstract: Introduction: COVID 19 pandemic has a great impact on the health system of the society, not mere the disease but also the complications associated with it. Aim: To study the nature and prevalence of complications of RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19 recovered patients. Method: The Cross sectional Hospital based study, done on 100 patients with confirmed RT-PCR Covid-19 positive in the month of October 2020 and were followed up telephonically after one month of discharge, attertiary COVID centre PBM hospital attached to SPMC Medical college, Bikaner. Results: The mean age of study population was 55.85 ? 14.44 years ranges from 20-90 years, maximum were male comprising of 72% study population. At admission 20% were in ICU, most common symptom was fever followed by cough and mean length of hospital stay was 4.34 ? 2.62 days. After 1 month of discharge most common post covid symptom was breathlessness (93%) followed by fatigue (74%) whereas minimum 1% had weakness and 18% were fully free of covid symptoms. Duration of symptoms was longest for Cough of 40 ? 18.87 days followed by breathlessness 36.78 ? 21.2 days. Conclusion: Clinicians and researchers have focused on the acute phase of COVID-19, but continued monitoring after discharge for long-lasting effects is needed.
Keywords: Covid-19 novel corona infection, co-morbidities and post covid complications
Edition: Volume 11 Issue 2, February 2022
Pages: 238 - 241
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR22126203942
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