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Effect of COVID‐19 inpatients with cognitive decline on discharge after the quarantine period: A retrospective cohort study

Effect of COVID‐19 inpatients with cognitive decline on discharge after the quarantine period: A... INTRODUCTIONOn November 14, 2021, the appearance of a new SARS‐CoV‐2 variant (Omicron) was reported from South Africa.1 Because of the number of mutations, an increase in transmissibility and a change in clinical presentations, the World Health Organization designated Omicron as a variant of concern.2 The quite rapid spread of Omicron caused an increase in COVID‐19 patients around the world. The total number of COVID‐19 patients at the end of November 2021 in the world was 290,377,647, which then increased to 444,101,547 at the end of February 2022.3 The first case in Japan was detected in an asymptomatic patient on November 30, 2021.4The COVID‐19 epidemic varied from region to region in Japan. Hiroshima prefecture was threatened by the epidemic in advance of many other prefectures. After a COVID‐19 outbreak caused by Omicron at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in December 2021, a reemergence of the epidemic started in January 2022 in Hiroshima prefecture, which adjoins Iwakuni city.5 The spread of Omicron was associated with quite sharp increases in reported infections of COVID‐19.6 Semi‐emergency coronavirus measures began in Hiroshima prefecture along with Okinawa prefecture and Yamaguchi prefecture on January 9, 2022, which was the first designation against the wave that http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of General and Family Medicine Wiley

Effect of COVID‐19 inpatients with cognitive decline on discharge after the quarantine period: A retrospective cohort study

Effect of COVID‐19 inpatients with cognitive decline on discharge after the quarantine period: A retrospective cohort study

Journal of General and Family Medicine , Volume 24 (1) – Jan 1, 2023

Abstract

INTRODUCTIONOn November 14, 2021, the appearance of a new SARS‐CoV‐2 variant (Omicron) was reported from South Africa.1 Because of the number of mutations, an increase in transmissibility and a change in clinical presentations, the World Health Organization designated Omicron as a variant of concern.2 The quite rapid spread of Omicron caused an increase in COVID‐19 patients around the world. The total number of COVID‐19 patients at the end of November 2021 in the world was 290,377,647, which then increased to 444,101,547 at the end of February 2022.3 The first case in Japan was detected in an asymptomatic patient on November 30, 2021.4The COVID‐19 epidemic varied from region to region in Japan. Hiroshima prefecture was threatened by the epidemic in advance of many other prefectures. After a COVID‐19 outbreak caused by Omicron at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in December 2021, a reemergence of the epidemic started in January 2022 in Hiroshima prefecture, which adjoins Iwakuni city.5 The spread of Omicron was associated with quite sharp increases in reported infections of COVID‐19.6 Semi‐emergency coronavirus measures began in Hiroshima prefecture along with Okinawa prefecture and Yamaguchi prefecture on January 9, 2022, which was the first designation against the wave that

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Abstract

INTRODUCTIONOn November 14, 2021, the appearance of a new SARS‐CoV‐2 variant (Omicron) was reported from South Africa.1 Because of the number of mutations, an increase in transmissibility and a change in clinical presentations, the World Health Organization designated Omicron as a variant of concern.2 The quite rapid spread of Omicron caused an increase in COVID‐19 patients around the world. The total number of COVID‐19 patients at the end of November 2021 in the world was 290,377,647, which then increased to 444,101,547 at the end of February 2022.3 The first case in Japan was detected in an asymptomatic patient on November 30, 2021.4The COVID‐19 epidemic varied from region to region in Japan. Hiroshima prefecture was threatened by the epidemic in advance of many other prefectures. After a COVID‐19 outbreak caused by Omicron at the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in December 2021, a reemergence of the epidemic started in January 2022 in Hiroshima prefecture, which adjoins Iwakuni city.5 The spread of Omicron was associated with quite sharp increases in reported infections of COVID‐19.6 Semi‐emergency coronavirus measures began in Hiroshima prefecture along with Okinawa prefecture and Yamaguchi prefecture on January 9, 2022, which was the first designation against the wave that

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Journal of General and Family MedicineWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2023

Keywords: cognitive decline; COVID‐19; Omicron variant; quarantine period

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