Evaluation of pulmonary function in post-COVID-19 patients - when and how should we do it?

Fonseca, Ana; Lima, Ricardo; Ladeira, Inês; Guimarães, Miguel

doi:10.36416/1806-3756/e20210065

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“…As COVID-19 is primarily a respiratory infection, symptoms related to the respiratory system are common, such as chronic cough, breathlessness, exertional dyspnea and chest tightness, which occasionally—but not always—reflect a chronic post-infectious respiratory pathology, with abnormal lung function tests and/or radiological changes [ 62 , 63 , 64 ]. Upper-airway-related symptoms (voice changes, hoarseness, rhinorrhea, impaired hearing, loss of smell/taste) are also reported.…”

Section: Clinical Manifestations Of Long Covidmentioning

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Laboratory Findings and Biomarkers in Long COVID: What Do We Know So Far? Insights into Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Therapeutic Perspectives and Challenges

Tsilingiris

Karampela

Christodoulatos

et al. 2023

IJMS

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Long COVID (LC) encompasses a constellation of long-term symptoms experienced by at least 10% of people after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection, and so far it has affected about 65 million people. The etiology of LC remains unclear; however, many pathophysiological pathways may be involved, including viral persistence; a chronic, low-grade inflammatory response; immune dysregulation and a defective immune response; the reactivation of latent viruses; autoimmunity; persistent endothelial dysfunction and coagulopathy; gut dysbiosis; hormonal and metabolic dysregulation; mitochondrial dysfunction; and autonomic nervous system dysfunction. There are no specific tests for the diagnosis of LC, and clinical features including laboratory findings and biomarkers may not specifically relate to LC. Therefore, it is of paramount importance to develop and validate biomarkers that can be employed for the prediction, diagnosis and prognosis of LC and its therapeutic response, although this effort may be hampered by challenges pertaining to the non-specific nature of the majority of clinical manifestations in the LC spectrum, small sample sizes of relevant studies and other methodological issues. Promising candidate biomarkers that are found in some patients are markers of systemic inflammation, including acute phase proteins, cytokines and chemokines; biomarkers reflecting SARS-CoV-2 persistence, the reactivation of herpesviruses and immune dysregulation; biomarkers of endotheliopathy, coagulation and fibrinolysis; microbiota alterations; diverse proteins and metabolites; hormonal and metabolic biomarkers; and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers. At present, there are only two reviews summarizing relevant biomarkers; however, they do not cover the entire umbrella of current biomarkers, their link to etiopathogenetic mechanisms or the diagnostic work-up in a comprehensive manner. Herein, we aim to appraise and synopsize the available evidence on the typical laboratory manifestations and candidate biomarkers of LC, their classification based on pathogenetic mechanisms and the main LC symptomatology in the frame of the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the syndrome and furthermore assess limitations and challenges as well as potential implications in candidate therapeutic interventions.

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Section: Clinical Manifestations Of Long Covidmentioning

confidence: 99%