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- Title
Rehospitalization Incidence in COVID-19 Reinfection: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
- Authors
Elattar, Mahmoud Abdelgawad; Gad, Samah Ahmed; Elgamal, Asmaa Nabil; Beltagy, Esraa Morshedy; Elsheikh, Taghreed Salah; Elfeky, Khaled Ebied; el-azziz, Amany Mohamed Abd; Elmsri, Hassan Yousef
- Abstract
Background: The effect of COVID-19 re-infection is not fully clear. Patients may have a benefit or no change in the degree of illness if re-infected with the COVID-19 virus. Objective: This study aimed to estimate the incidence of rehospitalization due to COVID-19 re-infection and to characterize the features of those re-hospitalized patients. Patients and Methods: A retrospective cohort study from the COVID-19 patients' registration data in Kafr El-Sheikh governorate, Egypt in the period from September 2020 to July 2021. The study population was 1000 patients who had re-infection with the covid-19 disease, at least four months after hospital discharge. The patient presentations included fever, cough, dyspnea, diarrhea, or fatigue plus: polymerase chain reaction confirming infection with SARS-COV2 and/or computed tomography (CT) chest suggesting covid-19 infection. Results: Among the study population, there were two (0.2 %), re-hospitalized, due to COVID-19 re-infection. Symptoms with re-hospitalization were fever 100%, cough 100%, tachypnea 100%, and fatigue 50%. Conclusion: Once hospitalized; COVID-19 patients significantly have a very low risk of re-admission if re-infected. Clinical approach to COVID-19 patients should consider the history of previous hospitalization due to COVID-19. This history will help in the management including treatment, need for hospital admission, and initial prognosis. All study populations didn't receive the COVID-19 vaccine as the study period was before or just after authorization and availability of the vaccine.
- Subjects
EGYPT; KAFR al-Shaykh (Egypt : Province); PATIENT readmissions; COUGH; COVID-19; REINFECTION; COHORT analysis; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2023, Vol 90, Issue 2, p2122
- ISSN
1687-2002
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21608/ejhm.2023.285044