Recovery from Respiratory Failure in Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019

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 <3 months) and group II (LTOT requirement continued ≥3 months).

RESULTS: The mean age was 64.4 ± 13.5 years, and 44 (62.9%) of them were male. The most frequently encountered comorbidities were cardiovascular disease (57.1%) and lung disease (22.9%). While PaO2 levels increased in both groups during the follow-up period, this increment was significantly higher in group I (PaO2: 66.6 ± 9.9 mm Hg, P < .001). The factors affecting the LTOT requirement were evaluated using binary logistic regression. On multivariate analyses of lymphocytes, ferritin, C-reactive protein, PaO2, SaO2, subpleural reticulation, and number of lobes affected (≥3 lobes), the SaO2 level and presence of subpleural reticulation were significantly different between the 2 groups [odds ratio (OR) (95% CI): 0.853 (0.749-0.971), P = .016] and [OR (95% CI): 0.171 (0.042-0.733), P = .017], respectively.

CONCLUSION: A significant proportion of patients who develop respiratory failure due to COVID-19 recover within the first 3 months. Factors determining the LTOT requirement for more than 3 months were SaO2 and the presence of subpleural reticulation.

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2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Thoracic research and practice - (2023) vom: 28. Nov.

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Englisch

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Öz, Miraç [VerfasserIn]
Erol, Serhat [VerfasserIn]
Gürün Kaya, Aslıhan [VerfasserIn]
Işık, Özlem [VerfasserIn]
Çiftci, Fatma [VerfasserIn]
Çınar, Güle [VerfasserIn]
Uzun, Çağlar [VerfasserIn]
Azap, Alpay [VerfasserIn]
Çiledağ, Aydın [VerfasserIn]
Kaya, Akın [VerfasserIn]
Özdemir Kumbasar, Özlem [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 28.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

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10.5152/ThoracResPract.2023.23001

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NLM365063495