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Observational studyClinical and experimental medicine2023

Interactions and clinical implications of serological and respiratory variables 3 months after acute COVID-19.

Ophir Freund, Anna Breslavsky, Sabrina Fried, Rotem Givoli-Vilensky, Shira Cohen-Rubin, Nadav Zacks, Eyal Kleinhendler, Avraham Unterman, Shir Frydman, Ori Wand and 2 more

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Observational study in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Cost-Effectiveness of a Personalised Self-Management Intervention for People Living With Long Covid: The LISTEN Randomised Controlled Trial.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025
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  10. Co-Morbidity Clusters in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ophir FreundThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel. ophir068@gmail.com.
Anna BreslavskyDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Sabrina FriedThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Rotem Givoli-VilenskyFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Shira Cohen-RubinFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Nadav ZacksFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Eyal KleinhendlerThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Avraham UntermanThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shir FrydmanThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Ori WandDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, Barzilai University Medical Center, Ashkelon, and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Natalya BilenkoFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Amir Bar-ShaiThe Institute of Pulmonary Medicine, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Waizman 6, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center · ILBen-Gurion University of the Negev · ILBarzilai Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical follow-up of symptomatic patients after acute Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) results in major burdens on patients and healthcare systems. The value of serological markers as part of this follow-up remains undetermined. We aimed to evaluate the clinical implications of serological markers for follow-up of acute COVID-19. For this purpose, we conducted an observational cohort study of patients 3 months after acute COVID-19. Participants visited a respiratory-clinic between October 2020 and March 2021, and completed pulmonary function tests (PFTs), serological tests, symptom-related questionnaires, and chest CT scans. Overall, 275 patients were included at a median of 82 days (IQR 64-111) post infection. 162 (59%) patients had diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide corrected for hemoglobin (DLCOc) below 80%, and 69 (25%) had bilateral chest abnormalities on CT scan. In multivariate analysis, anti-S levels were an independent predictor for DLCOc (β = - 0.14, p = 0.036). Anti-S levels were also associated with severe COVID-19 and older age, and correlated with anti-nucleocapsid (r = 0.30, p < 0.001) and antibodies to receptor binding domain (RBD, r = 0.37, p < 0.001). Other serological variables were not associated with clinical outcomes. In conclusion, symptomatic patients 3-months after COVID-19 had high respiratory symptomatic burden, in which anti-S levels were significantly associated with previous severe COVID-19 and DLCOc.

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COVID-19Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralCohort StudiesHumansSARS-CoV-2Antibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralAntibodiesLong-COVIDMonitoringPulmonary function testsRespiratorySARS-CoV-2Serological variables

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PMID37479879
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