One-fourth of COVID-19 patients have an impaired pulmonary function after 12 months of disease onset.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing data that show a persistently impaired pulmonary function upon recovery after severe infection. Little is known however about the extent, recovery and determinants of pulmonary impairment across the full spectrum of COVID-19 severity over time.

Methods

In a well characterized, prospective cohort of both hospitalised and non-hospitalised individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection, the RECoVERED study, pulmonary function (diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO)) and spirometry) was measured until one year after disease onset. Additionally, data on sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, symptoms, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) were collected. Pulmonary function and these determinants were modelled over time using mixed-effect lin

SUBMITTER: van Willigen HDG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10495003 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature