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. 2021 Jul 19;7(3):00196-2021.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00196-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

COVID-19 6 months after hospital discharge: pulmonary function impairment and its heterogeneity

Manlio Milanese  1 , Marco Anselmo  1 , Sandra Buscaglia  1 , Luca Garra  2 , Riccardo Goretti  1 , Lionello Parodi  1 , Giovanni Riccio  3 , Rodolfo Tassara  1 , Paola Gnerre  1
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COVID-19 6 months after hospital discharge: pulmonary function impairment and its heterogeneity

Manlio Milanese et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

After 6 months, about half of #COVID19 discharged subjects present impaired respiratory function with exertional dyspnoea, mainly due a reduced CO diffusion (34%), followed by pulmonary restriction (19%) https://bit.ly/3vcnbdR.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: M. Milanese has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Anselmo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Buscaglia has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Garra has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Goretti has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Parodi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Riccio has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Tassara has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Gnerre has nothing to disclose.

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