Home quarantine in COVID-19: A study on 50 consecutive patients in Austria
Autor: | Sarah Gietl, Markus Falk, Carmen Schönegger, Bianca Jansen, Sissy-Therese Sonnleitner, Stefanie Weiler, Simone Obererlacher, Gernot Walder |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Anosmia 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine law Internal medicine Throat Epidemiology Quarantine medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Viral shedding Seroconversion Pandemics Retrospective Studies Original Research Infection Control business.industry SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.anatomical_structure Austria Cohort Female medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | Clin Med (Lond) |
ISSN: | 1473-4893 |
Popis: | A cohort of the first 50 COVID-19 patients in East Tyrol, a region in the southwest of Austria, were monitored in home quarantine. Specific viral ribonucleic acid was detected in throat swabs and stool samples. Analysis indicated a median virus shedding duration of 13 days; however, statistical outliers highlight the importance of consequent testing. This underlines the need of negative throat swabs prior to removing quarantine. We monitored the disease's characteristics via an in-house score called Corona Severity Index, in order to predict an aggravation of the disease. Special attention was paid to early symptoms, such as headache, which appeared to be significantly more common in younger patients (p=0.019). Anosmia and ageusia showed a predominance in female patients (p=0.028). Investigation revealed seven relapses and viral shedding fluctuation in four cases. A follow-up examination shed light on seroconversion which could be observed in 35 of 40 participants. This further clarifies the necessity of establishing discharge standards and follow-up management for COVID-19 patients. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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