Two-year multidisciplinary follow-up of COVID-19 patients requiring invasive and noninvasive respiratory support.
Moreno TresoldiAlberto ZangrilloAlessandro BellettiGiuseppe A RamirezEnrica BozzoloFrancesca GuzzoAlessandro MarinosciEvgeny V FominskiyValentina DA PratMarilena MarmiereDiego PalumboLidia Del PreteFilippo D'AmicoChiara BellinoDeodata MorandoMarco SaracinoAlessandro OrtaldaElena CastelliMargherita RocchiMartina Baiardo RedaelliRaffaella ScottiGaetano DI TerlizziMaria L AzzoliniGiulia GuaschinoEmma AvitabileGiovanni BorghiDaniele SodduLorenzo DagnaGiovanni LandoniFrancesco DE Cobellinull nullPublished in: Minerva medica (2023)
Patients who received mechanical ventilation due to COVID-19 and were discharged from hospital had a 96% survival rate at the two-year follow-up. There was no difference in overall recovery and quality of life between patients who did and did not require IMV, although respiratory morbidity remains high.