Long-term effects of COVID-19 on lungs and the clinical relevance: a 6-month prospective cohort study.
Future Microbiol
; 18: 185-198, 2023 03.
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| ID: mdl-36916475
ABSTRACT
Background:
We aimed to explore the prevalence of prolonged symptoms, pulmonary impairments and residual disease on chest tomography (CT) in COVID-19 patients at 6 months after acute illness.Methods:
In this prospective, single-center study, hospitalized patients with radiologically and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were included.Results:
A high proportion of the 116 patients reported persistent symptoms (n = 54; 46.6%). On follow-up CT, 33 patients (28.4%) demonstrated residual disease. Multivariate analyses revealed that only neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio was an independent predictor for residual disease.Conclusion:
Hospitalized patients with mild/moderate COVID-19 still had persistent symptoms and were prone to develop long-term pulmonary sequelae on chest CT. However, it did not have a significant effect on long-term pulmonary functions.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Future Microbiol
Assunto da revista:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Turquia