Post-discharge critical COVID-19 lung function related to severity of radiologic lung involvement at admission

Laurent Truffaut; Lucas Demey; Anne Violette Bruyneel; Alain Roman; Stephane Alard; Nathalie De Vos; Marie Bruyneel

doi:10.1186/s12931-021-01625-y

Post-discharge critical COVID-19 lung function related to severity of radiologic lung involvement at admission

Respir Res. 2021 Jan 21;22(1):29. doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01625-y.

Authors

Laurent Truffaut^{1

2}, Lucas Demey^{1

2}, Anne Violette Bruyneel³, Alain Roman^{4

2}, Stephane Alard^{5

2}, Nathalie De Vos⁶, Marie Bruyneel^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pneumology, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
² Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
³ KiCarre, Research Department, Lentilly, France.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care Medicine, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Radiology, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium.
⁶ Department of Clinical Chemistry, LHUB-ULB, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Pneumology, CHU Saint-Pierre, Brussels, Belgium. Marie_Bruyneel@stpierre-bru.be.
⁸ Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. Marie_Bruyneel@stpierre-bru.be.

Abstract

Lung function impairment persists in 55% of critical COVID-19 patients three months after ICU discharge. Patient lung function, exercise capacity, radiologic, and quality of life data suggest impairment is related to radiologic lung involvement at admission.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
COVID-19 / diagnostic imaging*
COVID-19 / physiopathology
COVID-19 / virology
Exercise Tolerance
Female
Functional Status
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging*
Lung / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Admission*
Patient Discharge*
Predictive Value of Tests
Quality of Life
Recovery of Function
Respiratory Function Tests*
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*