Heterogeneity of post‑COVID impairment: interim analysis of a prospective study from Czechia

• Authors: SKALA Mikulas; SVOBODA Michal; KOPECKY Michal; KOCOVA Eva; HYRS Martin; HOMOLAC Michal; CHROBOK Viktor; BOSTIK Pavel; FAJFR Miroslav; PRASIL Petr; PLISEK Stanislav; SLEHA Radek; KOBLIZEK Vladimir
• Year of publication: 2021
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Virology Journal
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• web: https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-021-01546-8
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-021-01546-8
• Keywords: Post-COVID; Symptom; Lung function; 6-min Walk Test; Computer tomography
• Description: We stratified post-COVID patients into four newly established clinical groups based on the presence or absence of at least one subjective respiratory symptom and at least one objective sign of pulmonary involvement. Nearly half of outpatients and one third of hospitalized post-COVID patients had objective signs of pulmonary involvement without accompanying subjective respiratory symptoms three months after diagnosis.