Evaluation of the long-term effects of COVID-19 on pulmonary functions in recovered patients
Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, which required oxygen, especially severe disease at the time of hospitalization, had a higher rate of abnormal spirometry than patients with mild symptoms. Follow-up CT scans obtained within six months of disease onset showed abnormalities in more than half of patients, particularly elderly patients.
Authors
- Naveen Dutt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9517-4999)
- Mithu Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4107-3076)
- Sanjeev Misra
- Ravisekhar Gadepalli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0217-3592)
- Khaled Naja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9259-3082)
- Durga Shankar Meena (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9524-5278)
- Deepak Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6298-3565)
- Mahendra K. Garg
- Gopal Krishna Bohra
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur (IN)
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2034_23
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.37