This prospective cohort study has shown that 23.7% and 27.8% of SARS survivors had impairment of Dlco and abnormal CXR findings, respectively, at 1 year after illness onset. Overall, the serial assessments of 6MWD showed a significant improvement over 12 months, but exercise capacity and health status were still significantly lower than those of normal […]
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Details about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Pulmonary Function, Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life in a Cohort of Survivors
Of the first 138 patients with SARS infection in March 2003, 15 patients (10.9%) died. Among the 123 survivors, 13 patients (10.6%) did not attend follow-up at 3 months and 6 months, whereas another 13 patients (10.6%) defaulted the 12-month assessment. Of the 13 defaulters at 12 months, 11 patients had normal lung function indexes, […]
Research of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Pulmonary Function, Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life in a Cohort of Survivors
Subjects This is a prospective, longitudinal, follow-up study of patients with SARS discharged from our hospital after surviving the major outbreak in 2003. The patients came from our previously reported cohort recruited over a period of 2 weeks from March 11 to March 25, 2003. The diagnosis of SARS was based on the Centers for […]
Canadian Health&Care Mall: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome on Pulmonary Function, Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life in a Cohort of Survivors
The emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Southern China in November 2002, followed by the global outbreak in 2003, caught the medical profession by surprise. Studies on SARS-coronavirus viral loads have shown that peak viral levels were reached at the second week of illness when patients were receiving hospital care, and thus health-care […]