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Anecdotal reports of prolonged symptomatic recovery after COVID-19 are increasing in the popular press. Now, investigators in Italy report outcomes of 143 patients previously hospitalized for COVID-19, evaluated a mean of 60 days after symptom onset and 36 days after hospital discharge. This observational cohort had a mean age of 56.5 years, 37% were women, and the mean length of hospitalization was 13.5 days. During hospitalization,73% had evidence of interstitial pneumonia, 15% required noninvasive ventilation, and 5% received mechanical ventilation. For this study, participants were virus-free by polymerase chain reaction testing and met World Health Organization criteria for ending quarantine (isolation).
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