Heterogeneity of post-COVID impairment: interim analysis of a prospective study from Czechia
Mikuláš Skála, Michal Svoboda, Michal Kopecký, Eva Kočová, Martin Hyršl, Michal Homoláč, Viktor Chrobok, Pavel Boštík, Miroslav Fajfr, Petr Prášil, Stanislav Plíšek, Radek Sleha, Vladimír Koblížek
Abstract
We stratified post-COVID patients into four newly established clinical groups based on the presence or absence of at least one subjective respiratory symptom and at least one objective sign of pulmonary involvement. Nearly half of outpatients and one third of hospitalized post-COVID patients had objective signs of pulmonary involvement without accompanying subjective respiratory symptoms three months after diagnosis.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Interim2019-20 coronavirus outbreakRespiratory systemProspective cohort studyRespiratory illnessMedicineInternal medicineVirologyDiseaseOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)HistoryArchaeologyLong-Term Effects of COVID-19COVID-19 and Mental HealthCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies