Rosario Menéndez, Raúl Méndez, Ana Latorre, Paula González-Jiménez, Germán Peces-Barba, María Molina, Pedro Pablo España, Estela García, Angélica Consuegra-Vanegas, Ana Pando-Sandoval, Carolina Panadero, Juan Marco Figueira-Gonçalves, David De la Rosa, Oriol Sibila, María Dolores Martínez-Pitarch, Nuria Toledo, Pilar Cejudo, Wanda Almonte-Batista, Abigail Macías-Paredes, Diana Badenes, Eli Nancy Pérez-Rodas, Javier Lázaro, Sarai Quirós, Rosa Cordovilla, Irene Cano-Pumarega, Antoni Torres
INTRODUCTION: After severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia, patients may show lung sequelae on radiology and functional impairment at the 1-year follow-up. We aimed to describe the persistence of symptoms, radiological alterations, or reduced diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO ) at 1-year follow-up in patients from the Spanish Registry RECOVID. METHODS: RECOVID collected symptom and radiological and functional lung tests data on hospitalised patients with coronavirus disease 2019 during the acute phase and at the 6- and 12-month follow-up visits...
April 10, 2023: Journal of Internal Medicine