COVID-19 6 months after hospital discharge: pulmonary function impairment and its heterogeneity

Manlio Milanese; Marco Anselmo; Sandra Buscaglia; Luca Garra; Riccardo Goretti; Lionello Parodi; Giovanni Riccio; Rodolfo Tassara; Paola Gnerre

doi:10.1183/23120541.00196-2021

COVID-19 6 months after hospital discharge: pulmonary function impairment and its heterogeneity

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Jul 19;7(3):00196-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00196-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Manlio Milanese¹, Marco Anselmo¹, Sandra Buscaglia¹, Luca Garra², Riccardo Goretti¹, Lionello Parodi¹, Giovanni Riccio³, Rodolfo Tassara¹, Paola Gnerre¹

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento Medico, ASL 2 Savonese, Savona, Italy.
² Direzione Sanitaria, ASL 2 Savonese, Savona, Italy.
³ Struttura Complessa Malattie Infettive Osteoarticolari, ASL 2 Savonese, Albenga (SV), Italy.

Abstract

After 6 months, about half of #COVID19 discharged subjects present impaired respiratory function with exertional dyspnoea, mainly due a reduced CO diffusion (34%), followed by pulmonary restriction (19%) https://bit.ly/3vcnbdR.