The role of ventilatory support for long-term outcomes after critical infection with COVID-19: A prospective cohort study.
Gabriel HannaSara BanklerAnna SchandlMari RoëlAnders HedmanMikael Andersson FrankoPatrik LyngåAnne GeborekEva Joelsson-AlmMårten SöderbergPernilla DarlingtonPublished in: The clinical respiratory journal (2021)
The majority of ICU-treated patients with COVID-19 had residual lung changes at 6 months of follow-up regardless of ventilator support or not, but the total lung capacity was lower in those treated with invasive ventilation.