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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH (2021)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Medium-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on multiple vital organs, exercise capacity, cognition, quality of life and mental health, post-hospital discharge

Betty Raman et al.

Summary: The study found that COVID-19 patients discharged from the hospital still experience breathlessness, fatigue, cognitive impairment, and mental health issues. MRI revealed abnormalities in multiple organs, which were linked to inflammation and severity of acute illness.

ECLINICALMEDICINE (2021)

Review Infectious Diseases

SARS-CoV-2, SARS-CoV, and MERS-CoV viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and infectiousness: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Muge Cevik et al.

Summary: This study aimed to characterize the viral load dynamics, duration of viral shedding, and viable virus shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in various body fluids. The findings suggest that while SARS-CoV-2 RNA shedding can be prolonged in respiratory and stool samples, the duration of viable virus shedding is relatively short-lived.

LANCET MICROBE (2021)

Review Rehabilitation

REHABILITATION SETTINGS DURING AND AFTER COVID-19: AN OVERVIEW OF RECOMMENDATIONS

Francesco Agostini et al.

Summary: An integrated rehabilitative approach is recommended for COVID-19 patients, involving a multidisciplinary team providing neuromuscular, cardiac, respiratory, and swallowing interventions, as well as psychological support, to improve patients' quality of life. The involvement of a physician expert in rehabilitation is key, with a dedicated intervention set up after thorough assessment of the patient's clinical condition in collaboration with all rehabilitation team professionals.

JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE (2021)

Article Acoustics

Residual Lung Injury in Patients Recovering From COVID-19 Critical Illness: A Prospective Longitudinal Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Study

Abdulrahman Alharthy et al.

Summary: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) was used to monitor lung lesions in severe COVID-19 pneumonia patients, with survivors showing lower incidence of abnormalities compared to non-survivors. Cox regression analysis identified lymphocytopenia, increased lactate, and elevated D-dimers as predictors of mortality. POCUS integrated with clinical and laboratory parameters had high sensitivity and specificity in predicting interstitial lung disease (ILD) during follow-up.

JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE (2021)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Longitudinal clinical and radiographic evaluation reveals interleukin-6 as an indicator of persistent pulmonary injury in COVID-19

Baolin Liao et al.

Summary: This study evaluated the dynamic changes of immunological and radiographic features in COVID-19 patients, finding that severe patients had decreased lymphocyte counts, increased neutrophils, and elevated IL-6 levels. Prolonged elevation of IL-6 was associated with persistent pulmonary lesions in these patients, suggesting that monitoring and intervention of IL-6 may benefit the clinical management of COVID-19.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES (2021)

Article Respiratory System

Chest radiography is a poor predictor of respiratory symptoms and functional impairment in survivors of severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Rebecca F. D'Cruz et al.

Summary: A standardized approach to assessing COVID-19 survivors has not been established due to limited data on medium- and long-term outcomes. This study found that persistent symptoms, adverse mental health outcomes, and physiological impairment are common 2 months after severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Follow-up chest radiography may not effectively monitor recovery, highlighting the importance of holistic face-to-face assessments for early recognition and management of post-COVID-19 sequelae.

ERJ OPEN RESEARCH (2021)

Article Physiology

Lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and carbon monoxide following mild-to-severe COVID-19

Giovanni Barisione et al.

Summary: The study found that abnormal DLNO is more common than reduced standard DLCO in patients recovering from COVID-19, indicating that DLNO may be more sensitive to the course and impact of the disease.

PHYSIOLOGICAL REPORTS (2021)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Histopathology and genetic susceptibility in COVID-19 pneumonia

Jan von der Thusen et al.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION (2020)

Editorial Material Respiratory System

Abnormal pulmonary function in COVID-19 patients at time of hospital discharge

Xiaoneng Mo et al.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Telehealth in the Context of COVID-19: Changing Perspectives in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States

Malcolm Fisk et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Article Integrative & Complementary Medicine

Respiratory rehabilitation in elderly patients with COVID-19: A randomized controlled study

Kai Liu et al.

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE (2020)

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Pulmonary Vascular Endothelialitis, Thrombosis, and Angiogenesis in Covid-19

Maximilian Ackermann et al.

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2020)

Article Rehabilitation

Feasibility and Efficacy of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation After COVID-19

Matthias Hermann et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION (2020)

Article Hematology

Guidelines for COVID-19 Management in Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy Recipients

Alpana Waghmare et al.

BIOLOGY OF BLOOD AND MARROW TRANSPLANTATION (2020)

Article Respiratory System

COVID-19: guidance on palliative care from a European Respiratory Society international task force

Daisy J. A. Janssen et al.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2020)

Article Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Dynamic changes of Chest CT follow-up in Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia: relationship to clinical typing

Nian Liu et al.

BMC MEDICAL IMAGING (2020)

Editorial Material Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Symptom Duration and Risk Factors for Delayed Return to Usual Health Among Outpatients with COVID-19 in a Multistate Health Care Systems Network - United States, March-June 2020

Mark W. Tenforde et al.

MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT (2020)

Letter Medicine, General & Internal

Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19

Angelo Carfi et al.

JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2020)

Article Otorhinolaryngology

Olfactory and Gustatory Outcomes in COVID-19: A Prospective Evaluation in Nonhospitalized Subjects

Alberto Paderno et al.

OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY (2020)

Letter Respiratory System

Patient-reported outcome measures after COVID-19: a prospective cohort study

Alyson W. Wong et al.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2020)

Article Infectious Diseases

Reduced maximal aerobic capacity after COVID-19 in young adult recruits, Switzerland, May 2020

Giovanni Andrea Gerardo Crameri et al.

Eurosurveillance (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Smartphone-Based Self-Testing of COVID-19 Using Breathing Sounds

Miad Faezipour et al.

TELEMEDICINE AND E-HEALTH (2020)

Editorial Material Medicine, General & Internal

Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care

Trisha Greenhalgh et al.

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2020)

Review Medicine, Research & Experimental

Rehabilitation of patients post-COVID-19 infection: a literature review

A. Demeco et al.

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

System-Wide Accelerated Implementation of Telemedicine in Response to COVID-19: Mixed Methods Evaluation

Diego Garcia-Huidobro et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Review Health Care Sciences & Services

COVID-19 Mobile Apps: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Haridimos Kondylakis et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Review Respiratory System

Respiratory follow-up of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

Peter M. George et al.

THORAX (2020)

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Long covid could be four different syndromes, review suggests

Elisabeth Mahase

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2020)

News Item Medicine, General & Internal

Long covid: How to define it and how to manage it

Nikki Nabavi

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2020)

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Applying the WHO ICF Framework to the Outcome Measures Used in the Evaluation of Long-Term Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Outbreaks

Kajal Patel et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2020)

Letter Anesthesiology

Three-month quality of life in survivors of ARDS due to COVID-19: A preliminary report from a French academic centre

Arnaud Valent et al.

ANAESTHESIA CRITICAL CARE & PAIN MEDICINE (2020)

Review Clinical Neurology

Challenges to the Emergence of Telerehabilitation in a Developing Country: A Systematic Review

Carl Froilan D. Leochico et al.

FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY (2020)

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Persistent symptoms after Covid-19: qualitative study of 114 long Covid patients and draft quality principles for services

Emma Ladds et al.

BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Smartphone-Based Virtual Agents to Help Individuals With Sleep Concerns During COVID-19 Confinement: Feasibility Study

Pierre Philip et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

Digital Health Technologies Respond to the COVID-19 Pandemic In a Tertiary Hospital in China: Development and Usability Study

Wanmin Lian et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Article Health Care Sciences & Services

People's Experiences and Satisfaction With Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

Jennifer M. J. Isautier et al.

JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH (2020)

Article Rehabilitation

Early rehabilitation in post-acute COVID-19 patients: data from an Italian COVID-19 Rehabilitation Unit and proposal of a treatment protocol

Claudio Curci et al.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE (2020)

Article Medicine, General & Internal

Three-month Follow-up Study of Survivors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 after Discharge

Limei Liang et al.

JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE (2020)

Article Geriatrics & Gerontology

Rapid Transition to Telehealth Group Exercise and Functional Assessments in Response to COVID-19

Stephen C. Jennings et al.

GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRIC MEDICINE (2020)

Letter Respiratory System

Are there pulmonary sequelae in patients recovering from COVID-19?

Paola Rogliani et al.

RESPIRATORY RESEARCH (2020)

Article Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging

Chest CT in COVID-19 pneumonia: what are the findings in mid-term follow-up?

Seyed Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei et al.

EMERGENCY RADIOLOGY (2020)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Dynamic changes in computed tomography manifestations of 105 patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia in Wuhan, China

Yueying Pan et al.

JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH (2020)

Article Public, Environmental & Occupational Health

Health-Related Quality of Life and its Associated Factors in COVID-19 Patients

Morteza Arab-Zozani et al.

OSONG PUBLIC HEALTH AND RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES (2020)

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Impact of coronavirus disease 2019 on pulmonary function in early convalescence phase

Yiying Huang et al.

RESPIRATORY RESEARCH (2020)

Review Respiratory System

Pulse Oximetry for Monitoring Patients with COVID-19 at Home Potential Pitfalls and Practical Guidance

Andrew M. Luks et al.

ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN THORACIC SOCIETY (2020)

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Mobile health clinic model in the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and opportunities for policy changes and innovation

Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR EQUITY IN HEALTH (2020)

Article Respiratory System

Hallmarks of the ageing lung

Silke Meiners et al.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2015)

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2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

Nazzareno Galie et al.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL (2015)

Review Critical Care Medicine

Examination of the Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity (DLCO) in Relation to Its Kco and VA Components

J. Michael B. Hughes et al.

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