Assessment of Pulmonary Function Tests in COVID-19 Convalescents Six Months after Infection.

Katarzyna Guziejko Anna M Moniuszko-Malinowska Piotr Czupryna Marlena DubatowkaMagda ŁapińskaAndrzej RaczkowskiPaweł Sowa Łukasz KiszkielŁukasz MinarowskiMarcin MoniuszkoMonika GrothKarol Adam Kamiński

Published in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)

Persistent shortness of breath is not necessarily associated with pulmonary function impairment in patients 6 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, and hence it requires appropriate differential diagnosis. Patients with a cough persisting 6 months after the acute phase of COVID-19 may benefit from PFT.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
peritoneal dialysis