An Eight-week Follow-up Study in Patients With COVID-19 Respiratory Failure: Delayed Recovery or Lung Sequel

Sara  Naybandi Atashi; Zeinab Naderpour; Keyvan Goharimoghadam; Morteza Saeedi

doi:10.18502/crcp.v5iS1.6240

Sara Naybandi Atashi Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Zeinab Naderpour Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Keyvan Goharimoghadam Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran.
Morteza Saeedi Pre-hospital and Hospital Emergency Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,Shariati hospital, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/crcp.v5iS1.6240

Keywords: COVID-19; RespiratoryFailure; Pulmonary Changes

Abstract

In recent months, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a significant global health problem that has a tremendous negative impact on the human being, and almost all countries of the world have been affected by the disease. CT imaging techniques have an important role in the primary diagnosis of pneumonia secondary to COVID-19; moreover, the level of pulmonary involvement in CT scan is one of the criteria for disease severity in the acute phase of COVID-19 pneumonia. Still, the role of CT scan in the follow-up period is unknown.