Integrative respiratory follow-up of severe COVID-19 reveals common functional and lung imaging sequelae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented number of hospitalizations in general wards and intensive care units (ICU). Severe and critical COVID-19 patients suffer from extensive pneumonia; therefore, long-term respiratory sequelae may be expected.

Research question

We conducted a cohort study to determine respiratory sequelae in patients with severe and critical COVID-19. We aimed at evaluating the proportion of patients with persisting respiratory symptoms and/or abnormalities in pulmonary function tests (PFT) or in lung imaging.

Study design

and methods: This is a single center cohort study including COVID-19 survivors who underwent a three-month follow-up with clinical evaluation, PFT and lung high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT). All clinical

SUBMITTER: Froidure A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8019490 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature