在急诊室患者中测试SARS-CoV-2感染的COVID-19后状态症状
Patrick M Archambault1,2,3, Rhonda J Rosychuk4, Martyne Audet5
1Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada. patrick.archambault@fmed.ulaval.ca.
Nature communications
|September 30, 2024
概括
超过三分之一的COVID-19确诊患者经历了COVID-19后症状. 然而,这项研究强调了当前的后COVID-19条件定义缺乏特异性,因为许多检测负的患者也报告了症状.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 临床医学 临床医学
背景情况:
- 后COVID-19病情症状往往是非特异性的,使诊断复杂化.
- 将COVID-19后的疾病与其他疾病区分开来是一个重大的临床挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较检测出SARS-CoV-2阳性结果的急诊室患者和检测出阴性结果的急诊室患者的COVID-19后症状的发生率.
- 为了评估世界卫生组织对后COVID-19条件的临床病例定义的特异性.
主要方法:
- 对急诊室患者的回顾性比较.
- 对严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒-2 (SARS-CoV-2) 阳性和阴性检测的患者进行时间匹配队列分析.
- 对症状的评估与世卫组织COVID-19后状态标准一致,访问后3个月.
主要成果:
- 超过三分之一的确诊急性SARS-CoV-2感染的患者在3个月后达到COVID-19后状态标准.
- 大约20%的检测阴性患者,报告没有先前感染,也表现出与COVID-19后状况一致的症状.
- 这些发现表明,目前的COVID-19后病例定义缺乏特异性.
结论:
- 确诊COVID-19的患者中有很大一部分患有COVID-19后的疾病.
- 目前对后COVID-19病情的临床病例定义缺乏特异性,正如检测阴性个体的症状报告所证明的那样.
- 建议在急性疾病期间继续进行SARS-CoV-2测试,直到确定COVID-19后条件的特定生物标志物.
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