CARDIORESPIRATORY CHANGES IN POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm240419
Keywords: cardiorespiratory exercise testing, spirometry, COVID-19

Abstract

Aim. To investigate the most significant changes in the cardiorespiratory system among COVID-19 patients. Materials and methods. This study enrolled 34 subjects diagnosed with U07.1 and U07.2 according to ICD-10 and temporary guidelines of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Results. Our findings revealed that despite shortness of breath on exertion, patients with COVID-19 had normal spirometric values six months after recovery. In all subjects, shortness of breath was induced by detraining. Conclusion. In patients with COVID-19, shortness of breath on exertion may not always correlate with ventilation disorders but is often induced by detraining. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is a method of choice for the identification of cardiorespiratory diseases and should be performed 6 months after COVID-19 and following post-COVID rehabilitation.

Author Biographies

M. Belsner , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Endocrinologist, Associate Professor, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

I. Grebneva , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Pulmonologist, Associate Professor, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

D. Zhukova , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

General Practitioner, Senior Laboratory Assistant, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

I. Zakharova , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Pulmonologist, Assistant, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

N. Ksenofontova , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

General Practitioner, Senior Laboratory Assistant, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

O. Minakina , South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Candidate of Medical Sciences, Allergist-Pulmonologist, Associate Professor, Institute of Pulmonology, South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia.

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Published
2025-03-07
How to Cite
Belsner, M., Grebneva, I., Zhukova, D., Zakharova, I., Ksenofontova, N., & Minakina, O. (2025). CARDIORESPIRATORY CHANGES IN POST-COVID-19 PATIENTS. Human. Sport. Medicine, 24(4), 149-156. https://doi.org/10.14529/hsm240419
Issue
Vol 24 No 4 (2024)
Section
Rehabilitation and sports medicine

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