COVID-19 cases are ticking up across the nation again, exposing even the mildly ill to the risk of developing a still poorly understood constellation of health problems known as long COVID.
To look for common factors, Temple researchers are analyzing CT scans taken of about 300 people’s lungs before, during, and after their hospitalizations for COVID. The effort builds on a 2021 study of people hospitalized for COVID-related pneumonia led by Daniel Salerno, Temple University Hospital’s director of critical care services in the respiratory intensive care unit. Salerno found blood vessels in some patients’ lungs were abnormally widened.
scans, physicals, and endurance tests to see if abnormalities can be attributed to COVID infections. That study will analyze participants’ livers, brains, lungs, and hearts, as well as their oxygen consumption while exercising. Researchers are hoping to include people with no history of cardiovascular problems.
and white blood cell counts, while surveys ask how often patients experience breathlessness, depression, or anxiety. Researchers hope to answer why the severity of the initial COVID infections doesn’t necessarily predict how serious the aftereffects are.
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