Can 1st and 6th month pulmonary function test follow-ups give an idea about the long-term respiratory effects of COVID-19 pneumonia?

Serkan Emre Eroğlu Enis Ademoglu Seyma Baslılar Gokhan Aksel Aysen Eker Abdullah Algın Mehmet Muzaffer Islam Serdar Ozdemir

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2022)

It is important that patients with COVID-19 pneumonia be followed up for at least 1 month after discharge to be monitored for potential long-term lung damage. PFTs should be administered to those in whom ongoing dyspnea, which started with COVID-19, and/or full recovery were not identified in pulmonary imaging.

Keyphrases

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extracorporeal membrane oxygenation