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Editorial
. 2022 Oct 18;29(13):1721-1723.
doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac072.

Return to high-hazard occupations after COVID-19 infection: a cardiopulmonary assessment approach

Francesco Bandera  1   2
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Editorial

Return to high-hazard occupations after COVID-19 infection: a cardiopulmonary assessment approach

Francesco Bandera. Eur J Prev Cardiol. .
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Conflicts of interest: none declared.

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Figure 1
Example of post-Covid-19 assessment with CPET. From top to bottom: CT scan, DLCO and CPET. The upper panel shows the acute lung infection with typical diffuse ground glass attenuation, few cavitary lesions, peripheral consolidations, mild fibrotic lobular distortion and focal, sub-centimetric peripheral thromboembolic lesion involving inferior left lobe, followed by the progressive resolution of lung involvement. The mid-panel shows the initial mild impairment of DLCO (with reduced VA and DM) followed by a global improvement of alveolar diffusion. The lower panel presents the first and second CPET. The peak VO2 significantly improved and was associated with a better chronotropic response and greater ventilatory response. DLCOHbAdj, Haemoglobin-adjusted lung diffusion for CO; VA, alveolar volume; DM, membrane component; Vc, capillary volume; HR, heart rate; RQ, respiratory quotient; VE, minute ventilation; VT, tidal volume.
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