TY - JOUR T1 - Post-COVID symptoms reported at asynchronous virtual review and stratified follow-up after COVID-19 pneumonia JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med DO - 10.7861/clinmed.2021-0037 SP - clinmed.2021-0037 AU - Rebecca R Taylor AU - Bhavi Trivedi AU - Neena Patel AU - Richa Singh AU - William M Ricketts AU - Katharine Elliott AU - Marcus Yarwood AU - Veronica White AU - Hannah Hylton AU - Ruth Allen AU - Gavin Thomas AU - Vikas Kapil AU - Rachel McGuckin AU - Paul E Pfeffer Y1 - 2021/06/08 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/early/2021/06/02/clinmed.2021-0037.abstract N2 - Background The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems and how best to address post-COVID health needs is uncertain. Here we describe the post-COVID symptoms of 675 patients followed up using a virtual review pathway, stratified by severity of acute COVID infection.Methods COVID-19 survivors completed an online/telephone questionnaire of symptoms after 12+ weeks and a chest radiograph. Dependent on findings at virtual review, patients were provided information leaflets, attended for investigations and/or were reviewed face-to-face. Outcomes were compared between patients following high-risk and low-risk admissions for COVID pneumonia, and community referrals.Results Patients reviewed after hospitalisation for COVID pneumonia had a median of two ongoing physical health symptoms post-COVID. The most common was fatigue (50.3% of high-risk patients). Symptom burden did not vary significantly by severity of hospitalised COVID pneumonia but was highest in community referrals. Symptoms suggestive of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder were common (depression occurred in 24.9% of high-risk patients). Asynchronous virtual review facilitated triage of patients at highest need of face-to-face review.Conclusion Many patients continue to have a significant burden of post-COVID symptoms irrespective of severity of initial pneumonia. How best to assess and manage long COVID will be of major importance over the next few years. ER -