RT Journal Article
T1 Factors associated with readmission to the Emergency Department in a cohort of COVID-19 hospitalized patients
A1 Romero-Duarte, Alvaro
A1 Rivera-Izquierdo, Mario
A1 Jesus Lainez-Ramos-Bossini, Antonio
A1 Redruello-Guerrero, Pablo
A1 Cardenas-Cruz, Antonio
K1 COVID-19
K1 Symptoms
K1 Emergency
K1 Hospitalization
K1 Post-discharge
K1 Coronavirus
AB Introduction: The aim of this study was to describe the symptomatology and main factors associated with readmission to the Emergency Department (ED) in COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital during the first wave of the pandemic at the San Cecilio University Hospital, Granada. Spain.Methods: An observational longitudinal study was conducted in a cohort of 441 patients admitted to our hospital with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 pob merase chain reaction (PCR) from 1 March to 15 April 2020. Patients were followed up through medical records 6 months after discharge. Sociodemographic, clinical and symptomatologic variables were collected. Descriptive. bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.Results: The mean age of patients in the cohort was 66.4 years (s = 15.3), with 55.1% men. In-hospital mortality was 18.1% The presence of persistent symptomatology was high (64.5%), especially respiratory (53.2%), systemic (46.3%) and neurological (31.0%). A total of 75 (20.8%) patients were readmitted to the ED during the 6 months following hospital discharge. The main factors associated with readmission to the ED were polymedication (P = 0.031), living in a care home (P = 0.014), fever (P = 0.047). general malaise (P
PB Mre press
PB MRE Press
SN 1334-5605
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21780
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21780
LA en
NO Álvaro Romero-duarte, Mario Rivera-izquierdo, Antonio Jesús Láinez-ramos-bossini, Pablo Redruello-guerrero, Antonio Cárdenas-cruz. Factors associated with readmission to the Emergency Department in a cohort of COVID-19 hospitalized patients. Signa Vitae. 2022. 18(1);47-54.
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RD Apr 18, 2025