Respiratory recovery trajectories after severe-to-critical COVID-19: a 1-year prospective multicentre study.
Frédéric SchlemmerSimon ValentinLaurent BoyerAnne GuillaumotFrançois ChabotClairelyne DupinPierre Le GuenGwenael LorillonAnne BergeronDamien BasilleJulia DelomezClaire AndrejakValentine BonnefoyHélène GoussaultJean-Baptiste AssiéPascaline ChoinierAnne-Marie RuppertJacques CadranelMaria Chiara MennittiMehdi RoumilaCharlotte ColinSven GüntherOlivier SanchezThomas GilleLucile SéséYurdagul UzunhanMorgane FaureMaxime PatoutCapucine Morelot-PanziniPierantonio LavenezianaMaeva ZysmanElodie BlanchardChantal Raherison-SemjenViolaine GiraudEtienne Giroux-LeprieurStéfanie HabibNicolas RocheAnh Tuan Dinh-XuanIslem SifaouiPierre-Yves BrilletCamille JungEmmanuelle BoutinRichard LayeseFlorence Canoui-PoitrineBernard Maitrenull nullPublished in: The European respiratory journal (2023)
Although pulmonary function and radiological abnormalities improved up to 1 year post-acute-COVID-19, high percentages of severe-to-critical disease survivors, including a notable proportion of those managed with standard oxygen, had significant lung sequelae and residual symptoms justifying prolonged follow-up.