| Autor: |
Ayşegül Gencer, Buket Çalışkaner Öztürk, Ersan Atahan, Bilun Gemicioğlu |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Cerrahpaşa Medical Journal, Vol 48, Iss 1, Pp 19-25 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2687-1904 |
| DOI: |
10.5152/cjm.2024.23107 |
| Popis: |
Objective: Since coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel disease that involves the respiratory system, its long-term effect on respiratory functions is not exactly known. The complaint of dyspnea may contain for a long term in the patients with COVID-19. In this study, consecutive 6-minute-walk-test (6MWT) walking distance, spirometry and radiological findings of patients who continued to complain of dyspnea after COVID-19 were evaluated at the first and third months. Methods: Two visits were performed at the first and third months in 34 patients with complaints of dyspnea in the post-COVID-19 period. Six-minutewalk-test and spirometry were performed. The Borg scale was used to evaluate dyspnea and leg fatigue before and after 6MWT. COVID-19 lesions in the lung parenchyma detected by thoracic computed tomography (CT) in the acute stage were divided into three groups using visual quantities as 50% involvement. The patients were grouped and compared according to lung involvement percentages in the thoracic CT scan. Results: Thirty-four (27 females and 7 males) patients were included into this study. Six-minute-walk-test score was significantly higher in the third month than in the first month (P = .001). Similarly, 6MWT score was significantly higher in the third month than in the first month in the patients with |
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