Pulmonary function test and computed tomography features during follow-up after SARS, MERS and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Christopher C HuntleyKetan PatelShahnoor-E-Salam Bil BushraFarah MobeenMichael N ArmitageAnita PyeChloe B KnightAlyaa MostafaMarie KershawAishah Z MughalEmily McKemeyAlice Margaret TurnerP Sherwood BurgeGareth I Walters

Published in: ERJ open research (2022)

Persistent diffusion defects suggestive of parenchymal lung injury occur after SARS, MERS and COVID-19 infection, but improve over time. After COVID-19 infection, CT features are suggestive of persistent parenchymal lung injury, in keeping with a post-COVID-19 interstitial lung syndrome. It is yet to be determined if this is a regressive or progressive disease.

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