Nearly a third of patients recovering from COVID-19 end up in hospital after five months, and up to one in eight die from complications from the disease, according to a report.
Researchers at the University of Leicester in the UK and the National Statistics Office found that of the 47,780 people discharged from hospital, 29.4 per cent were readmitted within 140 days, it reports. Telegraph.
Of the total, 12.3 percent succumbed to the disease, he added.
According to the report, many people who suffer from lasting effects of coronavirus develop heart problems, diabetes and chronic liver and kidney conditions.
“It looks like people are going home, it has long-term effects, it’s dying again. We see that almost 30% have been readmitted, and that’s a lot of people. The numbers are so big,” he said. author of the study Kamlesh Khunti.
“The message here is that we really need to prepare for a long COVID. It is a huge task to monitor these patients and the NHS is really driven right now, but some kind of control needs to be put in place, ”added Khunti, a professor of primary care diabetes and vascular medicine at the University of Leicester.
The study, which Khunti described as the largest number of people discharged from a hospital after being admitted with COVID-19, found that survivors were nearly 3 1/2 times more likely to be readmitted and die. in 140 days than other outpatients.
Khunti said researchers were surprised that many people were readmitted with a new diagnosis, adding that it was important to make sure people were put on protective therapies, including statins and aspirin.
“We don’t know if it’s because COVID destroyed insulin-producing beta cells and you have type 1 diabetes or if it causes insulin resistance and you develop type 2, but we’re seeing these amazing new diagnoses of diabetes,” he said. to say. dit.
“We have seen studies in which survivors have had MRS scans and have heart and liver problems,” Khunti added. “These people need urgent follow-up and the need to deal with things like aspirin and statins.”
The new study was published on a prepress server and has not yet been peer-reviewed.
