Longitudinal functional lung imaging in children with Post-COVID-19 syndrome

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Authors: Calvin Kraus, Lina Tan, Maximilian Hinsen, Schmidt, Sandy, Emmanuel Nedoschill, Felix Wachter, Henriette Mandelbaum, Alexandra L. Wagner, Isabelle Schöffl, Annika Weigelt, Manfred Rauh, Joachim Woelfle
+7 more Michael Uder, Regina Trollmann, Jens Vogel‐Claussen, Adrian Philip Regensburger, R. Heiss, Ferdinand Knieling, Roman Raming
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8281490
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Abstract

Abstract Background Respiratory distress and COVID-19-related symptoms persist as Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) in a proportion of children and adolescents. We aimed to determine whether ventilation or perfusion defects constitute a possible cause for PCS. Results Mean ventilation was lower at baseline in vaccinated than in PCS (p=0.04) and V/Qmatchnon-defected increased from baseline to follow-up in vaccinated (p=0.03). In post-hoc comparison with historic data, V/Qmatchnon-defected improved in recovered (historic: 63.5±18.7%; baseline: 88.8±9.0%, p

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Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

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1 January 2026