Romy Fleur Willemsen, Niels Henrik Chavannes, Jiska Joëlle Aardoom
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covid19 lung sequelae impact course patient lives investigated evolution pulmonary abnormalities postcovid19 patients 1824 months hospital discharge cohort covid19 patients admitted hospital das clnicas da faculdade de medicina da usp paulo brazil march august 2020 followedup 612 months hospital discharge subset patients pulmonary involvement chest computed tomography ct scans eligible participate second followup 1824 months data analyzed ambidirectional manner including retrospective data hospitalization first followup 612 months discharge compared prospective data collected new followup 348 patients eligible 237 68 participated followup among participants 139 58 patients presented groundglass opacities reticulations 80 33 presented fibroticlike lesions traction bronchiectasis architectural distortion five 2 patients improved compared 612month assessment 20 25 80 presented worsening lung abnormalities relevant assessments occasions comparing ct findings followup previous assessment increase patients architectural distortion 43 21 204 vs 57 28 204 p 00093 well traction bronchiectasis 55 27 204 vs 69 34 204 p 00043 patients presented persistent functional impairment demonstrated restrictive pattern followups 87 42 207 vs 91 44 207 p 076 well reduced diffusion capacity 88 42 208 vs 87 42 208 p 10 length hospitalization 104 101107 p 00040 invasive mechanical ventilation 311 1375 p 0011 patients age 103 101106 p 00074 consistent predictors development fibroticlike lung lesions postcovid19 patients postcovid19 lung sequelae persist progress hospital discharge suggesting airways involvement formation new fibroticlike lesions mainly patients intensive care unit icu paulo research foundation 22017695 instituto todos pela sade c1721