Exertional intolerance and dyspnea with preserved lung function: an emerging long COVID phenotype?
Long COVID
Long-haulers
Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19
Journal
Respiratory research
ISSN: 1465-993X
Titre abrégé: Respir Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101090633
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Aug 2021
06 Aug 2021
Historique:
received:
21
05
2021
accepted:
26
07
2021
entrez:
7
8
2021
pubmed:
8
8
2021
medline:
20
8
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant acute morbidity and mortality worldwide. There is now a growing recognition of the longer-term sequelae of this infection, termed "long COVID". However, little is known about this condition. Here, we describe a distinct phenotype seen in a subset of patients with long COVID who have reduced exercise tolerance as measured by the 6 min walk test. They are associated with significant exertional dyspnea, reduced health-related quality of life and poor functional status. However, surprisingly, they do not appear to have any major pulmonary function abnormalities or increased burden of neurologic, musculoskeletal or fatigue symptoms.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34362372
doi: 10.1186/s12931-021-01814-9
pii: 10.1186/s12931-021-01814-9
pmc: PMC8343348
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
222Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s).
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