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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Autores principales: Bahar Saberzadeh-Ardestani, Majid Sorouri, Bardia Khosravi, ali reza sima, Reza Malekzadeh
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/8833d2ee7cf2409ea5ee622453779270
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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.