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Correlation of CT severity score with percentage desaturation and 6 minute walk distance in COVID-19 survivors
Lung India ; 39(SUPPL 1):S156-S157, 2022.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1857845
ABSTRACT

Background:

The impact of the severity of the COVID-19 on potential long-term consequences is currently not well documented. With a 6-minute walk test, we followed up on 30 patients who were COVID 19 survivors with varied CT-Severity scores. The aim was to correlate the CTSeverity score with 6 minute walk distance and percentage desaturation.

Methods:

Data of post COVID-19 patients who presented to our hospital from January to June 2021 were collected. Patients who had undergone a HRCT scan during their admission time were chosen and followed up with 6 minute walk test and data was analyzed.

Results:

In the 30 patients, whose data was analyzed, 19 were male and 11 were female. Of the 30 patients whose reports were analyzed, 15 (50%) had CT-Severity score between 6-14 (moderate). Only 10 (33.3%) patients had CT-Severity score more than 15 (severe) and of them only 3 had desaturation more than 10% on 6MWT. While only 3 patients had desaturation between 5-10%, majority of the patients (24/30) had less than 5% desaturation on 6MWT. More than half the patients (17/30;56.7%) walked more than 350 metres in 6 minutes, while 11 patients walked between 150-350 metres and only 2 patients walked less than 150 metres.

Conclusion:

In COVID-19 survivors, we conclude that CTSeverity has minimal effect on exercise tolerance.
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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Lung India Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Prognostic study Language: English Journal: Lung India Year: 2022 Document Type: Article