Conditions after COVID-19 are common among adult survivors

According to a study published in the May 24 issue of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which may be related to COVID-19. Weekly report on morbidity and mortality.

Lara Bull-Otterson, Ph.D., from the COVID-19 CDC Rapid Response Team, and her colleagues used e-health data from March 2020 to November 2021 to study the incidence of 26 conditions that are often referred to as post-COVID among patients with a previous diagnosis of COVID-19 (patients) compared with corresponding patients without signs of COVID-19 (control). The analysis was stratified by age groups (18 to 64 and ≥65 years). Further observation lasted from 30 to 365 days after meeting with the index.

The researchers found that 38 percent of patients and 16 percent of the control group experienced the incident. Several systems have been affected by conditions that have included cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic, renal, endocrine, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, neurological, and psychiatric signs and symptoms. The highest risk ratios were observed for acute pulmonary embolism (risk factors 2.1 and 2.2 for persons aged 18 to 64 and ≥65 years, respectively) and respiratory signs and symptoms (risk factor 2.1 for both age groups). For those aged 18 to 64, 35.4 and 14.6 percent of patients and the control group survived the incident, respectively; among individuals ≥65 years of age, the corresponding proportions were 45.4 and 18.5 percent, respectively. These findings suggest that one in five and one in four survivors of COVID-19 aged 18 to 64 and ≥65 years, respectively, experience the incident.

“These findings may raise awareness of conditions after COVID-19 and improve treatment after acute illness and management of patients after illness,” the authors write.

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