Functional characteristics of patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at 30 days post-infection

Justine Frija-Masson; Marie-Pierre Debray; Marie Gilbert; François-Xavier Lescure; Florence Travert; Raphaël Borie; Antoine Khalil; Bruno Crestani; Marie-Pia d'Ortho; Catherine Bancal

doi:10.1183/13993003.01754-2020

Functional characteristics of patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at 30 days post-infection

Eur Respir J. 2020 Aug 6;56(2):2001754. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01754-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Authors

Justine Frija-Masson^{1

2}, Marie-Pierre Debray^{3

4}, Marie Gilbert⁵, François-Xavier Lescure^{5

6}, Florence Travert⁷, Raphaël Borie^{4

8}, Antoine Khalil^{3

4}, Bruno Crestani^{4

8}, Marie-Pia d'Ortho^{9

2}, Catherine Bancal⁹

Affiliations

¹ Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, FHU APOLLO, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France justine.frija@aphp.fr.
² Université de Paris, Inserm U 1141, Paris, France.
³ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Service de radiologie, Paris, France.
⁴ Université de Paris, Inserm U 1152, Paris, France.
⁵ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Service de maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Paris, France.
⁶ Université de Paris, Inserm U 1137, Paris, France.
⁷ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Service d'endocrinologie, Paris, France.
⁸ Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Service de pneumologie, Paris, France.
⁹ Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, FHU APOLLO, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.

Abstract

More than half of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia exhibit abnormal lung function 30 days after symptom onset, without clear relationship with pneumonia extent on chest CT. This pleads for systematic and long-term follow-up of patients with COVID-19. https://bit.ly/2TFMPqE

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Pandemics*
Patient Discharge
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
SARS-CoV-2