Identification of factors impairing exercise capacity after severe COVID-19 pulmonary infection: a 3-month follow-up of prospective COVulnerability cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient hospitalized for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pulmonary infection can have sequelae such as impaired exercise capacity. We aimed to determine the frequency of long-term exercise capacity limitation in survivors of severe COVID-19 pulmonary infection and the factors associated with this limitation.

Methods

Patients with severe COVID-19 pulmonary infection were enrolled 3 months after hospital discharge in COVulnerability, a prospective cohort. They underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing, pulmonary function test, echocardiography, and skeletal muscle mass evaluation.

Results

Among 105 patients included, 35% had a reduced exercise capacity (VO₂peak < 80% of predicted). Compared to patients with a normal exercise capacity, patients

SUBMITTER: Ribeiro Baptista B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8938727 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature