Journal of Clinical Trials
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0870
ISSN: 2167-0870
Hospital São Domingos, Av. Jerônimo de Albuquerque, Bequimão, São Luís, Brazil
Research Article
Respiratory Function at 3 Months after Hospital Discharge in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19
Author(s): Joaquim Henrique de Carvalho Lobato Filho, Guilherme Bruzarca Tavares, Francisco de Souza Trindade Neto, Suellen Christine de Carvalho Souza, Hugo Leonardo Freitas, Adlyene Muniz da Silva Cruz, Ana Chaves Silva and Jose Raimundo Araujo de Azevedo*
Aim: Up to 20% of patients with COVID-19 get critically ill and require Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission. At hospital discharge, most patients still have physical and mental limitations, which affect their quality of life. Pulmonary functional alterations in patients with COVID-19 vary from the absence of functional abnormalities to restrictive and diffusion impairments. We aimed to describe pulmonary function abnormalities as well as their impact on the 6-Minute Walk Test (6 MWT) and SF-36 Physical Component Summary (PCS) score in patients with COVID-19 at ≥ 3 months after hospital discharge.
Methods: We included 65 patients aged ≥ 18 years with severe COVID-19 confirmed through real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and admitted to the ICU between April 2020 and October 2021. Patients were evaluated at &.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0870.24.14.554