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Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study

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Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study. / Nune, Arvind; Durkowski, Victor; Titman, Andrew et al.
In: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol. 51, No. 4, 09.12.2021, p. 338-343.

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Nune, A, Durkowski, V, Titman, A, Gupta, L, Hadzhiivanov, M, Ahmed, A, Musat, C & Sapktoa, H 2021, 'Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study', The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 338-343. https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2021.405

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Nune, A., Durkowski, V., Titman, A., Gupta, L., Hadzhiivanov, M., Ahmed, A., Musat, C., & Sapktoa, H. (2021). Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study. The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 51(4), 338-343. https://doi.org/10.4997/JRCPE.2021.405

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Nune A, Durkowski V, Titman A, Gupta L, Hadzhiivanov M, Ahmed A et al. Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK: a single-centre observational study. The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2021 Dec 9;51(4):338-343. doi: 10.4997/JRCPE.2021.405

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Nune, Arvind ; Durkowski, Victor ; Titman, Andrew et al. / Incidence and risk factors of long COVID in the UK : a single-centre observational study. In: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. 2021 ; Vol. 51, No. 4. pp. 338-343.

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abstract = "Background Studies to evaluate long COVID symptoms and their risk factors are limited. We evaluated the presence of long COVID and its risk factors in patients discharged from a hospital with COVID-19 illness.Methods This observational study included 271 COVID-19 patients admitted between February and July 2020 in a hospital in the UK. The primary outcome measure was to assess the duration and severity of long COVID and its predictors at 3, 6 and 9 months. Logistic regression was performed to assess the potential risk factors for long COVID.Results Out of 89 patients interviewed, 55 (62%) had long COVID for 3 months, 46 (52%) for 6 months and 37 of the 75 patients admitted to the hospital with acute COVID-19 had long COVID for 9 months (49%). The most common long COVID symptoms were fatigue and breathlessness.Conclusion Nearly two-thirds of patients at 3 months and a half at 9 months had long COVID. COVID-19 pneumonia was the strongest predictor of long COVID in Caucasians at 3 months.",
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AU - Nune, Arvind

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AU - Gupta, Latika

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AU - Ahmed, Ashar

AU - Musat, Cristina

AU - Sapktoa, Hem

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