%0 Journal Article
%T One-year follow-up of COVID-19 recoverees with impaired pulmonary function: A prospective cohort study.
%A Epstein NK
%A Yelin D
%A Shitenberg D
%A Yahav D
%A Leibovici L
%A Daitch V
%A Margalit I
%J Infect Dis Now
%V 54
%N 3
%D 2024 Apr 16
%M 38499177
暂无%R 10.1016/j.idnow.2024.104890
%X Decreased diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) is the most prevalent pulmonary testing abnormality among COVID-19 recoverees. We prospectively followed 51 individuals with impaired DLCO at an average of ∼3 months following COVID-19 and re-examined them at one year. At follow-up, mean DLCO increased from 68.0 % to 72.6 % (p = 0.002); while 33 % of the cohort experienced a clinically significant rise (>10 points) in DLCO, only 29 % normalized their values. While DLCO change did not correlate with symptoms, lack of improvement was more prevalent among individuals with obesity. Regardless of COVID-19 severity, a substantial proportion continued to exhibit DLCO impairment at 1-year.