Respiratory follow‐up after hospitalization for COVID‐19: Who and when?
Despite more than 148 million infected people, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) respiratory intermediate and long-term survivors' outcome remains largely unknown. Lungs are the main COVID-19 target organ, and 5-10% patients progress to critical disease including acute respiratory distress sy...
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Veröffentlicht in: | European Journal of Clinical Investigation 2021-08, Vol.51 (8), p.e13603-n/a, Article 13603 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Despite more than 148 million infected people, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) respiratory intermediate and long-term survivors' outcome remains largely unknown. Lungs are the main COVID-19 target organ, and 5-10% patients progress to critical disease including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) [1]. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) performed at discharge from hospital showed that >80% of severe COVID-19 patients had lung function impairment [2]. |
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ISSN: | 0014-2972 1365-2362 |
DOI: | 10.1111/eci.13603 |