Respiratory function and CT abnormalities among survivors of COVID-19 pneumonia: a nationwide follow-up study.
Gisli Thor AxelssonArnljotur Bjorn HalldorssonHelgi Mar JonssonElias EythorssonSigridur Erla SigurdardottirHronn HardardottirGunnar GudmundssonSif HansdottirPublished in: BMJ open respiratory research (2022)
The findings show that impaired exercise capacity and lung physiology at follow-up were primarily observed for patients with COVID-19 pneumonia that required intensive care treatment and/or had persistent imaging abnormalities.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- high intensity
- young adults
- physical activity
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- respiratory failure
- cross sectional
- dual energy
- magnetic resonance
- fluorescence imaging
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- replacement therapy
- photodynamic therapy