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.