Should comorbidities be considered in the decision to discharge COVID-19 patients from hospital? A case series.
Background: An outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan and is now rapidly spreading across the world. Methods and Results: We report two cases of confirmed COVID-19 with pre-existing comorbidities who were discharged from the hospital with a good clinical condition and...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2021
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Sumario: | Background: An outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan and is now rapidly spreading across the world.
Methods and Results: We report two cases of confirmed COVID-19 with pre-existing comorbidities who were discharged from the hospital with a good clinical condition and in concordance with interim discharge protocols. However, they were readmitted and died on the discharge day.
Conclusions: Here we discuss the importance of patients demographics in clinical management vs. the resolution of the pulmonary disease alone and raise a question about the impact of comorbidities on discharge protocols. |
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