Computed tomography after severe COVID-19 pneumonia: findings at 6 months and beyond

Thibaud Poitevineau; Guillaume Chassagnon; Samir Bouam; Paul Jaubert; Chérifa Cheurfa; Lucile Regard; Emma Canniff; Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan; Marie-Pierre Revel

doi:10.1183/23120541.00488-2021

Computed tomography after severe COVID-19 pneumonia: findings at 6 months and beyond

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Oct 25;7(4):00488-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00488-2021. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Thibaud Poitevineau¹, Guillaume Chassagnon^{1

2}, Samir Bouam³, Paul Jaubert^{2

4}, Chérifa Cheurfa^{2

5}, Lucile Regard^{2

6}, Emma Canniff¹, Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan^{2

7}, Marie-Pierre Revel^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre, Paris, France.
² Université de Paris, Paris, France.
³ Département d'informatique médicale, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre, Paris, France.
⁴ Service de médecine intensive-réanimation, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre, Paris, France.
⁵ Service de réanimation chirurgicale, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.
⁶ Service de pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre, Paris, France.
⁷ Département de physiologie, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP Centre, Paris, France.

Abstract

Parenchymal bands and ground-glass opacities consistent with a pattern of late organising pneumonia are frequently observed 6 months after ICU admission for #COVID19, whereas fibrotic changes of limited extent are only observed in about 1/3 of patients https://bit.ly/2UGOsbr.