Article
COVID-19-related end stage lung disease: two distinct phenotypes.
Annals of medicine - 1 Dec 2022
Kostopanagiotou Kostantinos, Schuurmans Macé M, Inci Ilhan, Hage René
Abstract excerpt
In COVID-19 related end stage lung disease, there are two distinct phenotypes. The first phenotype is the COVID-19 related acute respiratory distress syndrome (CARDS) showing a classical histopathological pattern of fibrotic diffuse alveolar damage (DAD). The second phenotype is the post-COVID pulmonary fibrosis (PCPF), in which the diagnosis is based on the combined clinical, radiological and (if available)...
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