Open AccessShould Comorbidities be Considered in the Decision to Discharge COVID-19 Patients From Hospital? A Case Series
Author(s) -
Bahar Saberzadeh-Ardestani,
Majid Sorouri,
Bardia Khosravi,
Ali Reza Sima,
Reza Malekzadeh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta medica iranica.
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.218
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1735-9694
pISSN - 0044-6025
DOI - 10.18502/acta.v59i11.7781
Subject(s) - medicine , interim , concordance , covid-19 , demographics , outbreak , hospital discharge , emergency medicine , pulmonary disease , intensive care medicine , disease , demography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , archaeology , sociology , history
An outbreak of COVID-19 started in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan and is now rapidly spreading across the world. We report two cases of confirmed COVID-19 with pre-existing comorbidities who were discharged from the hospital with a good clinical condition and in concordance with interim discharge protocols. However, they were readmitted and died on the discharge day. Here we discuss the importance of patient demographics in clinical management vs. the resolution of the pulmonary disease alone and raise a question about the impact of comorbidities on discharge protocols.