在COVID-19后的肺功能:一个前性的跨部门研究
Nitish M S1, Revadi G2, Ananyan Sampath3
1Internal Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Bhopal, IND.
Cureus
|May 30, 2024
概括
长期的COVID症状,包括呼吸困难,影响了许多幸存者,特别是女性和那些最初患有严重疾病的人. 肺功能异常很常见,表明COVID-19后的呼吸系统持续影响.
科学领域:
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 肺部病理学 肺部病理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 长期COVID综合征呈现持续的呼吸系统症状,如呼吸不全和SARS-CoV-2感染后的疲劳.
- 风险因素可能包括女性性别和40-50岁的年龄组,症状独立于最初的COVID-19严重程度.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查长期COVID症状的流行率和特征.
- 为了确定长期COVID,初始COVID-19严重程度和肺功能之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 在中印度的COVID-19幸存者 (年龄≥18) 的前性纵向研究 (2020年5月-2021年9月).
- 通过电话监控和门诊访问收集的数据.
- 使用R软件进行的统计分析 4.2.1.1.
主要成果:
- 大多数人患有中度COVID-19 (47.5%);男性更容易受到影响 (64.8%).
- 糖尿病 (27.1%) 和高血压 (22.9%) 是常见的并发症.
- 呼吸困难是一个普遍的长期COVID症状,女性的相关性更高. 与长期COVID和严重COVID-19相关的肺功能异常.
结论:
- 持续的COVID-19后续症状是一个重大问题,大多数人经历了长期COVID症状.
- 严重的初始疾病与长期COVID症状的增加和肺功能异常有关,特别是限制性模式.
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