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Feđa Džubur1, Latinka Basara, Goran Glodić
1Clinic for Respiratory Disease Jordanovac, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Jordanovac 104, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Background:
To determine the effect of lockdown measures on lung transplant patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Subjects And Methods:
We collected data from Croatian lung transplant patients before and after the lockdown and analyzed changes in weight, BMI, lung function and blood lipid status.
Results:
An average increase of 3.74 kg (+4.92%) body weight during the 4 month lockdown period was observed. Lung function values and blood lipid status remained stable.
Conclusion:
Such weight gain could have detrimental effects on the morbidity and mortality of lung transplant patients. Further follow up is needed to determine the long term impacts of this observation.
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