Prediction of impaired lung diffusion capacity in COVID-19 pneumonia survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients surviving the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are reported to explore pulmonary sequelae. It is challenging to provide pulmonary function tests (PFTs) during the pandemic of this contagious diseases because of the difficulty related to infection control risks. This study aims to identify important predictors of lung diffusion capacity impairment in COVID-19 survivors after hospital discharge.

Methods

The retrospective cohort study included 341 patients after COVID-19. The parameters of spirometry, body plethysmography, lung diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLco), and the worst chest computed tomography (CT) scan in the acute phase of COVID-19 (CT_max, %) were assessed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis for exploring risk fact

SUBMITTER: Savushkina OI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11635270 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature