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Cornelissen ME, Leliveld A, Baalbaki N, Gach D, van der Lee I, Nossent EJ, Bloemsma LD, Maitland-van der Zee AH. Pulmonary function 3-6 months after acute COVID-19: A systematic review and multicentre cohort study. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27964. [PMID: 38533004 PMCID: PMC10963328 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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Aims To describe pulmonary function 3-6 months following acute COVID-19, to evaluate potential predictors of decreased pulmonary function and to review literature for the effect of COVID-19 on pulmonary function. Materials and methods A systematic review and cohort study were conducted. Within the P4O2 COVID-19 cohort, 95 patients aged 40-65 years were recruited from outpatient post-COVID-19 clinics in five Dutch hospitals between May 2021-September 2022. At 3-6 months post COVID-19, medical records data and biological samples were collected and questionnaires were administered. In addition, pulmonary function tests (PFTs), including spirometry and transfer factor, were performed. To identify factors associated with PFTs, linear regression analyses were conducted, adjusted for covariates. Results In PFTs (n = 90), mean ± SD % of predicted was 89.7 ± 18.2 for forced vital capacity (FVC) and 79.8 ± 20.0 for transfer factor for carbon monoxide (DLCO). FVC was Conclusion A low DLCO 3-6 months following acute COVID-19 was observed more often than a low FVC, both in the P4O2 COVID-19 study and the literature review.
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- Merel E.B. Cornelissen
- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonology, Spaarne Hospital, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, 1105, AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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de Roos MP, Heijnen RM, Dijkstra NG, Brinkman K, Jonkman NH, Bresser P. Two-year diffusion capacity trajectory in COVID-19 pneumonia survivors. Chron Respir Dis 2024; 21:14799731231222284. [PMID: 38333995 PMCID: PMC10858671 DOI: 10.1177/14799731231222284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2024] Open
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Reduced diffusion capacity (DLCO) after COVID 19 pneumonia was reported in hospitalised patients after discharge. Here, we studied the restoration of DLCO over a 24 months period in COVID-19 pneumonia survivors (n = 317), who were categorised into "moderate" cases (no oxygen supply; no need for hospitalisation), "severe" cases (respiratory frequency > 30/min and/or peripheral oxygen SpO2 < 93%), and "critical" cases (respiratory failure and admission into the intensive care unit). COVID-19 pneumonia survivors with a decreased DLCO (<80%) at 3 months (n = 133) were invited for 6- and 24-months follow-up. At 3 months, impairment of DLCO was more severe in critical case (p < .01). Over time, the subgroups showed a similar level of improvement; and, there was no difference in recovery over time between the subgroups. At 24 months, the DLCO did not differ between the subgroups, with a mean DLCO of 73% for all patients. At 24 months, 65% of patients still had a DLCO < 80%, and in 40% of patients DLCO was <70% of predicted. Regardless the initial disease severity, all COVID-19 survivors showed improvement in DLCO during follow-up; however, DLCO had not normalised in the majority of patients with a DLCO <80% 3 months after hospital discharge.
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- Marlise P de Roos
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Research and Epidemiology, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Halvorsen P, Hultström M, Hästbacka J, Larsson IM, Eklund R, Arnberg FK, Hokkanen L, Frithiof R, Wallin E, Orwelius L, Lipcsey M. Health-related quality of life after surviving intensive care for COVID-19: a prospective multicenter cohort study. Sci Rep 2023; 13:18035. [PMID: 37865685 PMCID: PMC10590404 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45346-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023] Open
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In survivors of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) incomplete mental and physical recovery may considerably impact daily activities and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). HRQoL can be evaluated with the RAND-36 questionnaire, a multidimensional instrument that assesses physical and mental aspects of health in eight dimensions. The objective was to investigate HRQoL in intensive care patients previously treated for COVID-19 at three Nordic university hospitals, in a prospective multi-center cohort study. HRQoL was measured using RAND-36, 3-9 months after discharge from intensive care units (ICU). One hospital performed a second follow-up 12 months after discharge. A score under the lower limit of the 95% confidence interval in the reference cohorts was considered as significantly reduced HRQoL. We screened 542 and included 252 patients. There was more than twice as many male (174) as female (78) patients and the median age was 61 (interquartile range, IQR 52-69) years. Hypertension was the most common comorbidity observed in 132 (52%) patients and 121 (48%) patients were mechanically ventilated for a median of 8 (IQR 4-14) days. In RAND-36 physical functioning, physical role functioning, general health (p < 0.001 for all) and social functioning (p < 0.05) were below reference, whereas bodily pain, emotional role functioning and mental health were not. In a time-to-event analysis female sex was associated with a decreased chance of reaching the reference HRQoL in the physical function, bodily pain and mental health dimensions. Higher body mass index was found in the physical functioning dimension and hypertension in the physical functioning, vitality and social functioning dimensions. Similar results were seen for diabetes mellitus in general health, vitality and mental health dimensions, as well as pulmonary illness in the physical role functioning dimension and psychiatric diagnosis in the social functioning dimension. Mechanical ventilation was associated with a decreased likelihood of achieving reference HRQoL in the bodily pain and physical functioning dimensions. Patients treated in an ICU because of COVID-19 had lower HRQoL 3-9 months after ICU discharge than 95% of the general population. Physical dimensions were more severely affected than mental dimensions. Female sex and several comorbidities were associated with a slower rate of recovery.Study registration: clinicaltrials.gov: NCT04316884 registered on the 13th of March 2020, NCT04474249 registered on the 29th of June 2020 and NCT04864938 registered on the 4th of April 2021.
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- Peter Halvorsen
- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Uppsala University, Akademiska sjukhuset, Ing 70, 751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Integrative Physiology, Department of Medical Cell Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Perioperative and Intensive Care Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, and Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital and Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, National Centre for Disaster Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Departments of Intensive Care, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden
- Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Hedenstierna Laboratory, Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Toh MR, Teo YR, Poh LCR, Tang Y, Soh RY, Sharma K, Kalyanasundaram G, Poh KC. Impact of COVID infection on lung function test and quality of life. Sci Rep 2023; 13:17275. [PMID: 37828107 PMCID: PMC10570308 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43710-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Post-COVID-19 pulmonary sequalae are well-recognized early in the pandemic. Survivorship clinics are crucial for managing at-risk patients. However, it is unclear who requires pulmonary function test (PFT) and when PFTs should be performed. We aim to investigate for whom and how these interval PFTs should be performed. We performed a single-centre, prospective cohort study on COVID-19 survivors between 1st May 2020 and 31st April 2022. These patients were followed up at 6, 9 and 12 months with interval PFT and Short Form-36 (SF-36) Health Survey. Those with PFT defects were offered a computed tomography scan of the thorax. Of the 46 patients recruited, 17 (37%) had severe/critical illness. Compared to those with mild/moderate disease, these patients were more likely to experience DLCO defects (59% versus 17%, p = 0.005) and had lower SF-36 scores (mean physical component summary score of 45 ± 12 versus 52 ± 8, p = 0.046). These differences were most notable at 6 months, compared to the 9- and 12-months intervals. DLCO defects were also associated with older age, raised inflammatory markers and extensive CXR infiltrates. Besides interstitial-like abnormalities, obesity and undiagnosed lung conditions accounted for 39% of the PFT abnormalities. Interval PFTs can be performed earliest 6 months post-COVID-19. Patients with normal tests were unlikely to develop new abnormalities and would not require repeat PFTs. Abnormal PFTs can be followed-up with repeat PFTs 6 monthly until resolution. Non-COVID-19 differentials should be considered for persistent PFT abnormalities.
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- Ming Ren Toh
- Department of Internal Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
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- Department of Clinical Measurement Centre, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Clinical Measurement Centre, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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Vartanian K, Fish D, Kenton N, Gronowski B, Wright B, Robicsek A. Integrating patient-reported physical, mental, and social impacts to classify long COVID experiences. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16288. [PMID: 37770554 PMCID: PMC10539528 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43615-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Long COVID was originally identified through patient-reported experiences of prolonged symptoms. Many studies have begun to describe long COVID; however, this work typically focuses on medical records, instead of patient experiences, and lacks a comprehensive view of physical, mental, and social impacts. As part of our larger My COVID Diary (MCD) study, we captured patient experiences using a prospective and longitudinal patient-reported outcomes survey (PROMIS-10) and free-text narrative submissions. From this study population, we selected individuals who were still engaged in the MCD study and reporting poor health (PROMIS-10 scores < 3) at 6 months (n = 634). We used their PROMIS-10 and narrative data to describe and classify their long COVID experiences. Using Latent Class Analysis of the PROMIS-10 data, we identified four classifications of long COVID experiences: a few lingering issues (n = 107), significant physical symptoms (n = 113), ongoing mental and cognitive struggles (n = 235), and numerous compounding challenges (n = 179); each classification included a mix of physical, mental, and social health struggles with varying levels of impairment. The classifications were reinforced and further explained by patient narratives. These results provide a new understanding of the varying ways that long COVID presents to help identify and care for patients.
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- Keri Vartanian
- Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Providence St. Joseph Health, 5251 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Providence St. Joseph Health, 5251 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Providence St. Joseph Health, 5251 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR, USA
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- Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE), Providence St. Joseph Health, 5251 NE Glisan Street, Portland, OR, USA.
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- Providence Research Network, 1801 Lind Ave SW, Renton, WA, USA
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- Providence Research Network, 1801 Lind Ave SW, Renton, WA, USA
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