Follow‐up of two cases of suspected interstitial lung disease following severe COVID‐19 infection shows persistent changes in imaging and lung function |
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| Authors: | Ivan Cherrez‐ Ojeda,Karla Robles‐ Velasco,Marí a F. Osorio,Vincent Cottin,José Vergara Centeno,Miguel Felix |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Universidad Espíritu Santo, Samborondón Ecuador ; 2. Respiralab Research Group, Guayaquil Ecuador ; 3. National Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Claude Bernard University Lyon, Lyon France ; 4. Hospital General Guasmo Sur, Guayaquil Ecuador |
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| Abstract: | Physicians are observing persisting symptoms and unexpected organ dysfunction after severe COVID‐19. In this report, we present the follow‐up of two cases of suspected interstitial lung disease following the viral infection. Up to the last month of follow‐up, both patients presented with persistent changes in imaging and pulmonary function tests. |
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| Keywords: | computed tomography, COVID‐ 19, DLCO, follow‐ up, pulmonary function tests |
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