Kartik Kumar, Ratnaprashanthika Ratnakumar, Simon M Collin, Luis C Berrocal-Almanza, Piera Ricci, Mustafa Al-Zubaidy, Robina K Coker, Meg Coleman, Sarah L Elkin, Patrick Mallia, Jamilah Meghji, Clare Ross, Georgina K Russell, Katie Ward, Melissa Wickremasinghe, Sarah Sheard, Susan J Copley, Onn Min Kon
Long-term pulmonary sequelae of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) remain unclear. Thus, we aimed to establish post-COVID-19 temporal changes in chest computed tomography (CT) features of pulmonary fibrosis and to investigate associations with respiratory symptoms and physiological parameters at 3 and 12 months' follow-up. Adult patients who attended our initial COVID-19 follow-up service and developed chest CT features of interstitial lung disease, in addition to cases identified using British Society of Thoracic Imaging codes, were evaluated retrospectively...
September 2023: Clinical Medicine: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London