One in two people admitted to hospital with covid-19 develop complications and may need support

Helen Saul; Deniz Gursul; Samantha Cassidy; Ewen Harrison

doi:10.1136/bmj.o880

One in two people admitted to hospital with covid-19 develop complications and may need support

BMJ. 2022 Apr 22:377:o880. doi: 10.1136/bmj.o880.

Authors

Helen Saul¹, Deniz Gursul¹, Samantha Cassidy¹, Ewen Harrison²

Affiliations

¹ NIHR Centre for Engagement and Dissemination, Twickenham, UK.
² University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

PMID: 35459717
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.o880

Abstract

The studyDrake TM, Riad AM, Fairfield CJ, et al. Characterisation of in-hospital complications associated with covid-19 using the ISARIC WHO Clinical Characterisation Protocol UK: a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Lancet 2021;398:10296.To read the full NIHR Alert, go to: https://evidence.nihr.ac.uk/alert/one-in-two-people-hospitalised-with-covid-19-develop-complications-may-need-support/.

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MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
Cohort Studies
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Prospective Studies