Recovery from Respiratory Failure in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019

Autor: Serhat Erol, Aslıhan Gürün Kaya, Özlem Işık, Fatma Çiftçi, Güle Çınar, Çağlar Uzun, Alpay Azap, Aydın Çiledağ, Akın Kaya, Özlem Özdemir Kumbasar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Thoracic Research and Practice, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 26-34 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2979-9139
DOI: 10.5152/ThoracResPract.2023.23001
Popis: OBJECTIVE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause hypoxic respiratory failure; long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) duration is unknown. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The aim was to investigate which patients would need LTOT after COVID-19 pneumonia. This single-center, prospective study was conducted at the Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Chest Diseases, between May 2021 and December 2021. The 70 patients hospitalized for COVID-19 pneumonia and discharged with LTOT due to hypoxemic respiratory failure were included. Patients were divided into 2 groups as group I (LTOT requirement
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