Reversible Bronchiectasis in COVID-19 Survivors With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Pseudobronchiectasis.

ABSTRACT: To retrospectively analyze whether traction bronchiectasis was reversible in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and whether computed tomography (CT) findings were associated with the reversibility, 41 COVID-19 survivors with ARDS were followed-up for more than 4 months. Demographics, clinical data, and all chest CT images were collected. The follow-up CT images were compared with the previous CT scans. There were 28 (68%) patients with traction bronchiectasis (Group I) and 13 (32%) patients without traction bronchiectasis (Group II) on CT images. Traction bronchiectasis disappeared completely in 21 of the 28 (75%) patients (Group IA), but did not completely disappear in seven of the 28 (25%) patients (Group IB). In the second week

SUBMITTER: Hu Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8669592 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature