Post-COVID-19 functional status: Relation to age, smoking, hospitalization, and previous comorbidities

CONCLUSIONS: Most of the COVID-19 recovered cases have diverse degrees of functional restrictions ranging from negligible to severe based on PCFS. These restrictions were affected by age, gender, periodic influenza vaccination, smoking, duration since symptoms onset, need for oxygen or ICU admittance, and finally the presence of coexisting comorbidity.

Source: Annals of Thoracic Medicine - July 20, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Aliae A R Mohamed Hussein Mahmoud Saad Hossam Eldeen Zayan Mustafa Abdelsayed Mohamed Moustafa Abdel Rahman Ezzat Radwa Helmy Howaida Abd-Elaal Karim Aly Shaimaa Abdelrheem Islam Sayed Source Type: research