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. 2022 Jul:101:120-123.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2022.03.036. Epub 2022 Apr 28.

Exploring the recovery curve for long-term post-COVID dyspnea and fatigue

César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas  1 , José D Martín-Guerrero  2 , Ignacio Cancela-Cilleruelo  3 , Paloma Moro-López-Menchero  3 , Oscar J Pellicer-Valero  2
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Exploring the recovery curve for long-term post-COVID dyspnea and fatigue

César Fernández-de-Las-Peñas et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2022 Jul.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Dyspnea; Fatigue; Longitudinal; Persistent; Recovery; Symptoms.

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Figures

Fig 1:
Fig. 1
Recovery curve of self-reported dyspnea (in orange) and fatigue (in green) symptoms. Opacity indicates the sample size at that follow-up time. Asterisks represent then mean values taken at T0, T1 and T2 follow-up periods.
Fig 2:
Fig. 2
Mosaic plots dyspnea at (from left to right): T0 (hospital admission) vs T1 (8.4 months after hospital discharge), T1 vs T2 (13.2 months after hospital discharge), and T0 vs T2.
Fig 3:
Fig. 3
Mosaic plots of fatigue at T1 (8.4 months after hospital discharge) vs T2 (13.2 months after hospital discharge).
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