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Long-term respiratory follow-up of ICU hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Prospective cohort study.

Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de CarvalhoCelina Almeida LamasRodrigo Caruso ChateJoão Marcos SalgeMarcio Valente Yamada SawamuraAndré L P de AlbuquerqueCarlos Toufen JuniorDaniel Mario LimaMichelle Louvaes GarciaPaula Gobi ScudellerCesar Higa NomuraMarco Antonio GutierrezAndré Luis Pereira de Albuquerquenull null
Published in: PloS one (2023)
ICU hospitalization due to COVID-19 led to respiratory system alterations six-twelve months after hospital admission. Male sex and critical disease acute phase, characterized by a longer ICU and IMV period, and need for tracheostomy and vasoactive drugs, were risk factors for severe CT lesions six-twelve months after hospital admission.
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