Residual Lung Abnormalities Following COVID-19 Hospitalization: Interim Analysis of the UKILD Post-COVID Study.
Iain D StewartJoseph JacobPeter M GeorgePhilip L MolyneauxJoanna C PorterRichard J AllenShahab AslaniJohn Kenneth BaillieShaney L BarrattPaul BeirneStephen M BianchiLaurence PearmainJames D ChalmersRachel Clare ChambersNazia ChaudhuriChristopher ColemanGuilhem CollierEmma K DennenyAnnemarie DochertyOmer ElneimaRachel A EvansLaura FabbriMichael A GibbonsFergus V GleesonBibek GooptuNeil J GreeningBeatriz Guillen GuioIan P HallNeil A HanleyVictoria HarrisEwen M HarrisonMelissa HeightmanToby E HillmanAlex Robert HorsleyLinzy Houchen-WolloffIan JarroldSimon R JohnsonMark G JonesFasihul KhanRod LawsonOlivia LeavyNazir LoneMichael MarksHamish Joseph Cameron McAuleyPuja MehtaDhruv ParekhKaren Piper HanleyManuela PlatéJohn PearlKrisnah PoinasamyJennifer K QuintBetty RamanMatthew RichardsonPilar Rivera-OrtegaLaura SaundersRuth SaundersMalcolm G SempleMarco SerenoAarti ShikotraA John SimpsonAmisha SingapuriDavid Jf SmithMark SpearsLisa G SpencerStefan StanelDavid R ThickettAlfred Arthur Roger ThompsonMathew ThorpeSimon Lf WalshSamantha WalkerNicholas David WeatherleyMark WeeksJim M WildDan G WoottonChris E BrightlingLing-Pei HoLouise V WainR Gisli JenkinsPublished in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2022)
Residual lung abnormalities were estimated in up to 11% of people discharged following COVID-19 related hospitalization. Health services should monitor at-risk individuals to elucidate long-term functional implications. This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).