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. 2021 Apr 22:8:23743735211008295.
doi: 10.1177/23743735211008295. eCollection 2021.

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Pulmonary and Nutritional Status in Children and Young Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, in Greece

Ioanna Loukou  1 , Maria Moustaki  1 , Argyri Petrocheilou  1 , Ioanna Zarkada  1 , Konstantinos Douros  2
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Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Pulmonary and Nutritional Status in Children and Young Adults With Cystic Fibrosis, in Greece

Ioanna Loukou et al. J Patient Exp. .

Abstract

During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Greece adopted strict lockdown measures. We aimed to investigate the effects of lockdown and the resultant changes in the standard of care, on the lung function and somatic growth of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. We analyzed data on body mass index and lung function of 103 CF patients 5.0- to 23.0-years-old before and after the lockdown period. Body mass index did not change significantly, but there was a significant improvement in lung function after the end of the lockdown period.

Keywords: COVID-19; cystic fibrosis; lockdown; lung function.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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