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Review
. 2023 Jun;44(2):263-277.
doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2022.11.019. Epub 2023 Mar 3.

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Lung Sequelae

Mark Barash  1 , Vijaya Ramalingam  2
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Review

Post-COVID Interstitial Lung Disease and Other Lung Sequelae

Mark Barash et al. Clin Chest Med. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

As the world emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians and researchers across the world are trying to understand the sequelae in patients recovered from COVID-19 infection. In this article, the authors review post-acute sequelae of SARS-COV-2, interstitial lung disease, and other lung sequelae in patients recovering from COVID-19 infection.

Keywords: Biopsy; COVID-19; Computed tomography; PASC; Pulmonary fibrosis; Pulmonary function test; Sequelae.

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Long-term effects of COVID-19.
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