Conclusion:
Symptoms may persist for a long time in hospitalized patients, in
patients with COVID-19-related pneumonia and concomitant chronic
diseases and in patients with high d-dimer and high CRP at the time of
admission. Patients are informed that their symptoms may last for a long
time, unnecessary hospital admissons can be avoided.
Key Words: Post COVID, symptoms, persistent
WHAT’S KNOWN? Long COVID is the name used by patients to
identify symptoms of COVID-19 that persist after acute illness. The
working definitions of ’post-acute’ (symptoms after 3-4 weeks) and
’chronic’ (symptoms after 12 weeks) COVID-19 have not yet been
officially confirmed. The cause of persistent symptoms is unknown, but
it probably involves several different mechanisms of disease, including
an inflammatory reaction with a vasculitic component
WHAT’S NEW? If patients with d-dimer and crp elevation
at the time of diagnosis with cocomitant diseases and with widespread
pneumonia in thorax ct are informed that their symptoms may last for a
long time, unnecessary hospital admissons can be avoided.