Pulmonary Fibrosis after COVID-19 is Associated with Severity of Illness and Blood Leukocyte Telomere Length

ABSTRACT The risk factors for development of fibrotic interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA) after severe COVID-19 are incompletely described and the extent to which CT findings correlate with symptoms and physical function after hospitalization remain unclear. At 4 months after hospitalization, fibrotic ILA was more common in those who underwent mechanical ventilation (72%) than in those who did not (20%). We demonstrate that severity of initial illness, duration of mechanical ventilation, lactate dehydrogenase on admission, and leukocyte telomere length are independent risk factors for fibrotic ILA. These fibrotic changes correlate with lung function, cough and measures of frailty, but not with dyspnea..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 15. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McGroder, Claire F. [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, David [VerfasserIn]
Choudhury, Mohammad A. [VerfasserIn]
Salvatore, Mary M. [VerfasserIn]
D’Souza, Belinda M. [VerfasserIn]
Hoffman, Eric A. [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Baldwin, Matthew R. [VerfasserIn]
Garcia, Christine Kim [VerfasserIn]

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10.1101/2021.03.17.21253834

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XBI020178662