Results
A total of 208 patients were collected from August 20, to October 5,
2020. Among these, 37 were died and 20 did not attend second outpatient
clinic visit, leaving 151 for analysis. Of these, 87(58%) had complete
recovery and 64(42%) had partial recovery with persistent or new
symptoms. The majority of patients with complete recovery had
mild-moderate pneumonia (95%), while the majority of patients with
partial recovery had severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission
(73%). The most common post-acute COVID-19 pneumonia persistent or new
symptoms was shortness of breath(70%), followed by
fatigue(53%),cough(11%),dizziness(8%), smell
loss(6%),palpitation(6%), gastrointestinal tract disturbances(3%) and
others, including chest pain(1.5%), and tinnitus(1.5%).(Table 1)
Mild lung injury [1.1(1-1.3), P=.012] at CT examination and high PMV
[0.2(0.1-0.9),P=.027] were predictors for complete recovery.(Table
2)
Low Hb at presentation[0.5(0.3-0.8),P<.000], length of ICU
stay[1(0.4-1.8),P=.014], extensive lung
injury[1.1(1-1.2),P=.002], old age[0.9(0.8-1.2),P=.002] and
shortness of breath at presentation [0.6(0.5-6),P=.020]were
predictors for persistent shortness of breath, while high
Hb[1.6(1-2.6),P=.036] ,extensive lung injury[1 (1-1.2),P=.004],
and productive cough at presentation[2 (0.9-6),P=.042] were
predictors for persistent fatigue. (Tables 3 and 4)