Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Critically Ill Coronavirus Disease 2019 Survivors: Evidence of a Sustained Exercise Intolerance and Hypermetabolism.

ABSTRACT: To investigate exercise capacity at 3 and 6 months after a prolonged ICU stay.

Design

Observational monocentric study.

Setting

A post-ICU follow-up clinic in a tertiary university hospital in Liège, Belgium.

Patients

Patients surviving an ICU stay greater than or equal to 7 days for a severe coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and attending our post-ICU follow-up clinic.

Measurements and main results

Cardiopulmonary and metabolic variables provided by a cardiopulmonary exercise testing on a cycle ergometer were collected at rest, at peak exercise, and during recovery. Fourteen patients (10 males, 59 yr [52-62 yr], all obese with body mass index > 27 kg/m²) were included after a hospital stay of 40 days (35-53 d). At rest, respiratory quotient was abnor

SUBMITTER: Joris M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8280004 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature