Mohammadamin Sadeghdoust, Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi, Tania Dehesh, Nima Taefehshokr, Adel Sadeghdoust, Katarzyna Kotfis, Amirhossein Hashemiattar, Amir Ravandi, Neda Aligolighasemabadi, Omid Vakili, Beniamin Grabarek, Rafał Staszkiewicz, Marek J Łos, Pooneh Mokarram, Saeid Ghavami
The aim of this prospective cohort study was to explore the effect of statins on long-term respiratory symptoms and pulmonary fibrosis in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients were recruited from three tertiary hospitals, categorized into Statin or Non-statin groups, and assessed on days 0, 28, and 90 after symptoms onset to record the duration of symptoms. Pulmonary fibrosis was scored at baseline and follow-up time points by high-resolution computed tomography scans...
February 28, 2023: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis