Mortality in post-discharge COVID-19 patients from a tertiary care center - A follow-up study

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dc.contributor.authorMayekar, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorLokhande, Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorMitta, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorSakhardande, Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorMohanty, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorAchhapalia, Y.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-27T06:38:53Z
dc.date.available2023-06-27T06:38:53Z
dc.date.issued2022-10
dc.description.abstractBackground: Among many responsibilities, the doctors from the COVID war room of our institute were assigned to take telephonic follow-up of discharged COVID patients to provide any medical assistance if needed. During this process, few relatives of the patient’s informed back that the patients had died after discharge from the COVID wards. Aim and Objective: Such data of death in the COVID patients after discharged are limited in India; hence, we conducted this study so that more information is generated. Materials and Methods: Relatives of these COVID patients were asked about date and place of death. Other data including gender, age, date of admission, date of discharge, and requirement of oxygen were available with the COVID war room and were used for evaluation. Results: Out of the 892 COVID discharged patients (between August and October 2020) who could be contacted, 19 (2.13%) patients (6 females and 13 males) had died after discharge from the COVID ward. Characteristics of these 19 patients included higher age (n = 11 were 61–80 years old and n = 3 were >80 years old), hospital stay of 11–20 days (n = 12), and required oxygen support (n = 12). Most deaths occurred within 20 days (n = 16) after discharge from the COVID ward. Conclusions: The current study reports deaths occurring COVID patients after discharge. Most of these deaths occurred within 4 weeks of cure and in elderly patients. More research with long-term follow-up is needed in “cured” COVID-19 patients so that appropriate preventive measures can be undertaken in the future.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Pharmacology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsIntern, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationMayekar R, Lokhande J, Mitta P, Sakhardande B, Mohanty A, Achhapalia Y.. Mortality in post-discharge COVID-19 patients from a tertiary care center - A follow-up study. National Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 2022 Oct; 12(10): 1741-1745en_US
dc.identifier.issn2231-3206
dc.identifier.issn2320-4672
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/217766
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMrs Dipika Charan of MedScience (India) Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber10en_US
dc.relation.volume12en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.5455/njppp.2022.12.02081202221022022en_US
dc.subjectCOVID War Roomen_US
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseaseen_US
dc.subjectSudden Deathen_US
dc.subjectPost-Dischargeen_US
dc.subjectCase Fatality Rateen_US
dc.titleMortality in post-discharge COVID-19 patients from a tertiary care center - A follow-up studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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