How do you know if someone is on an expected trajectory post hospital discharge?
Here is a first look at our needs assessment and service evaluation, from a collaboration across @RoyalFreeNHS and @uclh.
We wanted to help others doing similar work 1/n:
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Mostly 📞 follow-up of people who had COVID-19 (swab+), aiming for 4-6 weeks after discharge. Phone script delivered by an amazing group of @UCLMS medical students and doctors in training. People with abnormal bloods or imaging on discharge invited to repeat them.
This is 384 people followed a median of 54 (47-59) days from discharge.
69% had fatigue.
53% had breathlessness.
34% had cough.
14% experienced symptoms of depression.
And for those with abnormal imaging on discharge, in 11% that was unchanged or deteriorating at follow-up. More testing required.
A huge number of people have been involved, those on Twitter include @lung_live4eva @EKDenneny @lungdiagnosis @tobyhillman @lungradiologist @DrJoPorter @DrGTomlinson and many MANY others.