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Pulmonary fibrosis and its related factors in discharged patients with new coronavirus pneumonia: A cohort study
Abstract
Background: Thousands of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have been discharged from hospitals, persistent follow-up studies are required to evaluate the prevalence of post-COVID-19 fibrosis.
Methods: This study involves 462 laboratory confirmed patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital from January 11, 2020 to April 26, 2020. A total of 457 patients underwent thin-section chest CT scans during …
Authors
Li X; Shen C; Wang L; Majumder S; Zhang D; Deen MJ; Li Y; Qing L; Zhang Y; Chen C
DOI
10.21203/rs.3.rs-79977/v2
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