Table 5 Cause of hospital readmission in 298 patients previously admitted due to COVID-19.

From: Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes of hospital readmissions of COVID-19 patients

Condition

Hospital readmission (n = 298)

Pneumonia

158 (53.6)

Bacterial infection1

38 (12.8)

Venous thromboembolic disease

16 (5.4)

Heart failure2

16 (5.4)

Acute kidney failure

13 (4.4)

Encephalopathy or delirium

7 (2.3)

Chronic lung disease exacerbation

7 (2.3)

Severe hemorrhage

6 (2)

Home isolation impossibility

5 (1.7)

Generalized exanthema

4 (1.3)

Ischemic stroke

4 (1.3)

Acute hepatitis

4 (1.3)

Bone fracture

4 (1.3)

Social problem

4 (1.3)

Other conditions 3

19 (6.4)

  1. 1Respiratory (18 patients), urinary tract (9 patients), intra-abdominal (6 patients), acute gastroenteritis (2 patients), Clostridioides difficile colitis (1 patient), surgical wound (1 patient). 2 Five cases due to arrhythmia and one case due to acute myocardial infarction. 3 Psychosis (3 patients), acute pancreatitis (3 patients), vasculitis (3), diabetes with hyperosmolar state (2 patient), anemia (2 patients), viral syndrome due to Cytomegalovirus (1 patient), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, Guillain-Barré polyradiculopathy (1 patient), pneumothorax (1 patient), generalized seizure (1 patient), adenocarcinoma of the pancreas (1 patient). Seven patients presented more than one cause for hospital admission.
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