1. Long-term sequelae are highly prevalent one year after hospitalization for severe COVID-19
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Mattia Bellan, Alessio Baricich, Filippo Patrucco, Patrizia Zeppegno, Carla Gramaglia, Piero Emilio Balbo, Alessandro Carriero, Chiara Santa Amico, Gian Carlo Avanzi, Michela Barini, Marco Battaglia, Simone Bor, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Giuseppe Cappellano, Federico Ceruti, Annalisa Chiocchetti, Elisa Clivati, Mara Giordano, Daria Cuneo, Eleonora Gambaro, Eleonora Gattoni, Alberto Loro, Marcello Manfredi, Umberto Morosini, Francesco Murano, Elena Paracchini, Giuseppe Patti, David James Pinato, Davide Raineri, Roberta Rolla, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, Stefano Tricca, and Mario Pirisi
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
Abstract Many coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) survivors show symptoms months after acute illness. The aim of this work is to describe the clinical evolution of Covid-19, one year after discharge. We performed a prospective cohort study on 238 patients previously hospitalized for Covid-19 pneumonia in 2020 who already underwent clinical follow-up 4 months post-Covid-19. 200 consented to participate to a 12-months clinical assessment, including: pulmonary function tests with diffusing lung capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO); post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms evaluation by the Impact of Event Scale (IES); motor function evaluation (by Short Physical Performance Battery and 2 min walking test); chest Computed Tomography (CT). After 366 [363โ369] days, 79 patients (39.5%) reported at least one symptom. A DLCO
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- 2021
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