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Table 2 Clinical presentation of COVID-19 in homeless patients within case series and case reports

From: COVID-19 in the homeless population: a scoping review and meta-analysis examining differences in prevalence, presentation, vaccine hesitancy and government response in the first year of the pandemic

Features

Gaeta et al. [16] (n = 1)

Tobolowsky, [17] (n = 1)

Ghalamkarpour et al. [18] (n = 1)

Przydzial et al. [21] (n = 2) *

Byrnes et al. [22] (n = 1) *

Prodanuk et al. [28] (n = 1)

Cough

n = 1

n = 1

 

n = 1

 

n = 1

Shortness of breath (SOB)

 

n = 1

 

n = 2

 

n = 1

Fever

 

n = 1

n = 1

 

n = 1

Presented two days later

 

Loss of smell and/or taste

      

Runny nose/rhinorrhoea

n = 1

n = 1

    

Nausea and/or vomiting

   

n = 2

n = 1

 

Diarrhoea

    

n = 1

 

Muscle aches/myalgia

n = 1

  

n = 2

  

Sore throat

n = 1

n = 1

    

Recurrence of erythroderma

  

n = 1

   

Slurred speech

    

n = 1

 

Pinpoint pupils

    

n = 1

 

Acute encephalopathy

 

n = 1

  

n = 1

 

Chest pain

     

n = 1

Hypoxia/low SpO2

   

n = 2

n = 1

 

Elevated glucose

n = 1

     

Normal White Cell Count (WCC)

  

n = 1

n = 2

n = 1

 

Normal lymphocytes

   

n = 1

  

Raised lymphocytes

   

n = 1

  

Raised neutrophils

  

n = 1

   

Normal lymphocytes

  

n = 1

   

Low lymphocytes

    

n = 1

 

Low haemoglobin (Hb)

  

n = 1

   

Normal Haemoglobin (Hb)

   

n = 2

  

Low platelets

   

n = 1

  

Low serum albumin

  

n = 1

   

Raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)

  

n = 1

n = 1

n = 1

 

Raised C-Reactive Protein (CRP)

  

n = 1

 

n = 1

 

Normal lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

  

n = 1

   

Radiological

  

n = 1

Computed Tomography Scan (CT): normal

n = 1 (Chest X-Ray: bilateral infiltrates. Chest Computed Tomography Scan (CT): ground glass opacities)

n = 1

Computed Tomography Scan Head (CT Head): no acute infarct or intracranial haemorrhage

Chest X-Ray (CXR): normal

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): multiple focal enhancing lesions

 
  1. *Described as ‘homeless’ within case report/case series
  2. n = 1 represent 1 patient experiencing this symptom/investigation result
  3. n = 2 represents 2 patients experiencing this symptom/investigation result