Radiological and Functional Pulmonary Evolution in Post-COVID-19 Patients: An Observational Study
Virgínia Maria Cavallari Strozze Catharin,
Tereza Laís Menegucci Zutin,
Elen Landgraf Guiguer
et al.
Abstract:COVID-19 has generated a scenario for global health with multiple systemic impairments. This retrospective study evaluated the clinical, radiological, and pulmonary functional evolution in 302 post-COVID-19 patients. Regarding post-COVID-19 pulmonary symptoms, dry cough, dyspnea, and chest pain were the most frequent. Of the associated comorbidities, asthma was more frequent (23.5%). Chest tomography (CT) initially showed a mean pulmonary involvement of 69.7%, and evaluation in the subsequent months showed imp… Show more
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