Healing after COVID-19: are survivors at risk for pulmonary fibrosis?

• Published in: American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Vol. 320; no. 2; pp. L257 - L265
• Main Author: McDonald, Lindsay T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physiological Society 01.02.2021
• Series: The Pathophysiology of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 Infection
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; COVID-19 - complications; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - virology; Cytokines - physiology; Host Microbial Interactions - physiology; Humans; Inflammation - etiology; Inflammation - virology; Pandemics; Pulmonary Fibrosis - etiology; Pulmonary Fibrosis - virology; Respiration, Artificial - adverse effects; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - complications; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - etiology; Review; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; SARS-CoV-2 - physiology; Signal Transduction; Survivors; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; lung injury; ARDS; pulmonary fibrosis

The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which is responsible for COVID-19 disease, was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December of 2019. The virus rapidly spread, and the World Health Organization declared a pandemic by March 2020. With millions of confirmed cases worldwide, there is growing concern an...