학술논문
Exertional intolerance and dyspnea with preserved lung function: an emerging long COVID phenotype?
Document Type
Letter
Author
Source
Subject
*POST-acute COVID-19 syndrome
*PHENOTYPES
*COVID-19 pandemic
*FUNCTIONAL status
*EXERCISE tolerance
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Language
ISSN
1465-9921
Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]