Abnormal pulmonary function in COVID-19 patients at time of hospital discharge

Xiaoneng Mo; Wenhua Jian; Zhuquan Su; Mu Chen; Hui Peng; Ping Peng; Chunliang Lei; Ruchong Chen; Nanshan Zhong; Shiyue Li

doi:10.1183/13993003.01217-2020

Abnormal pulmonary function in COVID-19 patients at time of hospital discharge

Eur Respir J. 2020 Jun 18;55(6):2001217. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01217-2020. Print 2020 Jun.

Authors

Xiaoneng Mo^{1

2}, Wenhua Jian^{3

2}, Zhuquan Su^{3

2}, Mu Chen¹, Hui Peng³, Ping Peng³, Chunliang Lei⁴, Ruchong Chen^{3

5}, Nanshan Zhong^{3

5}, Shiyue Li^{6

5}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
² Xiaoneng Mo, Wenhua Jian and Zhuquan Su are joint first authors.
³ China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
⁴ Dept of Hepatology, Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Ruchong Chen, Nanshan Zhong and Shiyue Li are joint corresponding authors.
⁶ China State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China lishiyue@188.com.

Abstract

In discharged survivors with COVID-19, impairment of diffusion capacity is the most common abnormality of lung function, followed by restrictive ventilatory defects, which are both associated with the severity of the disease https://bit.ly/2yUaBaT

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
China / epidemiology
Comorbidity
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / physiopathology*
Diabetes Mellitus / epidemiology
Female
Forced Expiratory Volume
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Lung / physiopathology*
Lung Injury / diagnostic imaging
Lung Injury / etiology
Lung Injury / physiopathology*
Male
Maximal Midexpiratory Flow Rate
Middle Aged
Oxygen / metabolism
Pandemics
Patient Discharge
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Diffusing Capacity
SARS-CoV-2
Severity of Illness Index
Smoking / epidemiology
Spirometry
Survivors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vital Capacity

Substances

Oxygen