Lung Function sequelae in COVID-19 Patients 3 Months After Hospital Discharge
Oriol Sibila, Núria Albacar, Lídia Perea, Rosa Faner, Yolanda Torralba, Fernanda Hernández‐González, Jorge Moisés, Núria Sánchez-Ruano, Ethel Sequeira‐Aymar, Joan R. Badia, Àlvar Agustí, Joan Albert Barberà, Jacobo Sellarés
Abstract
About 20% of patients infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus develop Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia and require hospitalization.1 Some recent reports have shown that some of them may present lung function abnormalities at discharge, or soon afterwards.Here, we: (1) describe the presence and characteristics of lung function abnormalities 3 months after hospital discharge in a large prospective cohort of well characterized patients hospitalized because of COVID-19 in our institution; and, (2) explore potential clinical predictors these short-term lung function sequelae.