Cardiopulmonary exercise testing might be helpful for interpretation of impaired pulmonary function in recovered COVID-19 patients

• Published in: The European respiratory journal Vol. 57; no. 1; p. 2004265
• Main Authors: Gao, Yi, Chen, Ruchong, Geng, Qian, Mo, Xiaoneng, Zhan, Chen, Jian, Wenhua, Li, Shiyue, Zheng, Jinping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England European Respiratory Society 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Agora; COVID-19; Exercise Test; Exercise Tolerance; Hospitals; Humans; Patient Discharge; SARS-CoV-2

We are grateful to have the opportunity for an in-depth discussion with N usair [1] and D.G. Chapman and co-workers. We sincerely appreciate their insightful comments on our study about the impaired pulmonary function in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients [2, 3], which helps to interpret t...