Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial

Background: The use of corticosteroids may help control the cytokine storm occurring in acute respiratory failure due to the severe form of COVID-19. We evaluated the postacute effect of corticosteroids used during the acute phase, such as impairment in pulmonary function parameters, on day 120 (D12...

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Autores principales: Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros, Raissa Soares Freire, Elisângela Frota, Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos, Maria Eduarda Leão Farias, Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues, Bernardo Maia Silva, Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo, Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto, Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba, Djane Baía-da-Silva, José Diego Brito-Sousa, Mariana Simão Xavier, Marcia Almeida Araújo-Alexandre, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Gisely Cardoso Melo, Guilherme Tinoco Arêas, Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Felipe Gomes Naveca, Fábio Trindade Maranhão Costa, Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, The Metcovid team, Adria de Lemos Vasconcelos, Adriana Ferreira Praia Marins, Alexandre de Oliveira Trindade, Aline Sales Mendes Záu, Amanda Carvalho de Oliveira, Ana Carolina Azevedo Furtado, Ana Paula Coelho Rocha, Anderson da Silva Souza, Andiana de Souza Dias, Aníbal Belém, Antonny Michael da Silva Sousa, Beatriz França da Silva, Beatriz Leitão Franco, Bleno Leonam Gonçalves da Costa, Carla C. Judice, Carlos Eduardo Padron de Morais, Danielle Severino Sena da Silva, Debora Camila Gomes Duarte, Ejandre Garcia Negreiros da Silva, Elias da Silva Lemos, Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento, Elson Silva de Almeida, Elyana Almeida Marques, Emanuel Medeiros Marinho de Almeida, Emanuelle Lira da Silva, Ester Galvão dos Santos, Ezequiel da Silva Oliveira, Fábio Manabu Martins Shimizu, Fabíola Ramalho Ferreira de Souza, Felipe da Silva do Vale, Fernanda dos Santos de Almeida Lima, Fernando Hugo Jesus da Fonseca, Flávia Alencar Fontenelle, Francielen de Azevedo Furtado, Gabrielle Da Silva Pereira, Geísa Aleixo Bezerra, Guilherme Kemeron Maciel Salazar, Handerson da Silva Pereira, Hilda Ferreira de Melo, Ingrid Nascimento Oliveira, Ivanildo Vieira Pereira Filho, Jaily e Silva Rosa, Jacimara Vasques Gomes, Jonas Mota Lemos, Josué Nélio Brutus, Karina Pinheiro Pessoa, Laleyska Deucylane Costa Rodrigues, Larissa Esthefani Barros Cirino, Lauro Fragata Mourão Filho, Leandro Moura, Lorenna Pereira de Souza, Lucas Barbosa Oliveira, Marcela Menezes dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius Ramos da Silva, Mauro Pereira Rodrigues, Mayara Tavares de Menezes, Micaela Maciel dos Santos Mota, Nadya Fonseca Corrêa, Najara Bittencourt, Nagila Morais Rocha, Natália Guedes de Melo Silva, Priscilla de Oliveira Saraiva, Quézia de Sousa Monteiro, Rafael Theodoro dos Santos, Rebecca Augusta de Araújo Pinto, Rodrigo Saboia de Lima Reinan Brotas Ferreira, Rosângela Francisca Tanantas de Melo, Sabrina Teixeira Saenz, Salete Sara Alvarez Fernandes, Sheila Vítor-Silva, Thalie Cavalcante Santos, Tânia Maria Rodrigues de Oliveira, Tatyana A. Tavella, Thais Tavares Câmara, Thiago Serrão Pinto, Tilza Waleska Rocha dos Santos, Valdinete Alves do Nascimento, Wanessa Pessoa Sousa Barbosa, Wellinthon Ferreira de Melo, Wlademir Braga Salgad Sobrinho
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topic SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
pulmonary function test
long-covid
corticosteroid
inflammation
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
pulmonary function test
long-covid
corticosteroid
inflammation
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Raissa Soares Freire
Raissa Soares Freire
Elisângela Frota
Elisângela Frota
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Maria Eduarda Leão Farias
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Bernardo Maia Silva
Bernardo Maia Silva
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Djane Baía-da-Silva
Djane Baía-da-Silva
José Diego Brito-Sousa
José Diego Brito-Sousa
Mariana Simão Xavier
Marcia Almeida Araújo-Alexandre
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Guilherme Tinoco Arêas
Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Felipe Gomes Naveca
Fábio Trindade Maranhão Costa
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
The Metcovid team
Adria de Lemos Vasconcelos
Adriana Ferreira Praia Marins
Alexandre de Oliveira Trindade
Aline Sales Mendes Záu
Amanda Carvalho de Oliveira
Ana Carolina Azevedo Furtado
Ana Paula Coelho Rocha
Anderson da Silva Souza
Andiana de Souza Dias
Aníbal Belém
Antonny Michael da Silva Sousa
Beatriz França da Silva
Beatriz Leitão Franco
Bleno Leonam Gonçalves da Costa
Carla C. Judice
Carlos Eduardo Padron de Morais
Danielle Severino Sena da Silva
Debora Camila Gomes Duarte
Ejandre Garcia Negreiros da Silva
Elias da Silva Lemos
Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento
Elson Silva de Almeida
Elyana Almeida Marques
Emanuel Medeiros Marinho de Almeida
Emanuelle Lira da Silva
Ester Galvão dos Santos
Ezequiel da Silva Oliveira
Fábio Manabu Martins Shimizu
Fabíola Ramalho Ferreira de Souza
Felipe da Silva do Vale
Fernanda dos Santos de Almeida Lima
Fernando Hugo Jesus da Fonseca
Flávia Alencar Fontenelle
Francielen de Azevedo Furtado
Gabrielle Da Silva Pereira
Geísa Aleixo Bezerra
Guilherme Kemeron Maciel Salazar
Handerson da Silva Pereira
Hilda Ferreira de Melo
Ingrid Nascimento Oliveira
Ivanildo Vieira Pereira Filho
Jaily e Silva Rosa
Jacimara Vasques Gomes
Jonas Mota Lemos
Josué Nélio Brutus
Karina Pinheiro Pessoa
Laleyska Deucylane Costa Rodrigues
Larissa Esthefani Barros Cirino
Lauro Fragata Mourão Filho
Leandro Moura
Lorenna Pereira de Souza
Lucas Barbosa Oliveira
Marcela Menezes dos Santos
Marcus Vinicius Ramos da Silva
Mauro Pereira Rodrigues
Mayara Tavares de Menezes
Micaela Maciel dos Santos Mota
Nadya Fonseca Corrêa
Najara Bittencourt
Nagila Morais Rocha
Natália Guedes de Melo Silva
Priscilla de Oliveira Saraiva
Quézia de Sousa Monteiro
Rafael Theodoro dos Santos
Rebecca Augusta de Araújo Pinto
Rodrigo Saboia de Lima Reinan Brotas Ferreira
Rosângela Francisca Tanantas de Melo
Sabrina Teixeira Saenz
Salete Sara Alvarez Fernandes
Sheila Vítor-Silva
Thalie Cavalcante Santos
Tânia Maria Rodrigues de Oliveira
Tatyana A. Tavella
Thais Tavares Câmara
Thiago Serrão Pinto
Tilza Waleska Rocha dos Santos
Valdinete Alves do Nascimento
Wanessa Pessoa Sousa Barbosa
Wellinthon Ferreira de Melo
Wlademir Braga Salgad Sobrinho
Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
description Background: The use of corticosteroids may help control the cytokine storm occurring in acute respiratory failure due to the severe form of COVID-19. We evaluated the postacute effect of corticosteroids used during the acute phase, such as impairment in pulmonary function parameters, on day 120 (D120)-follow-up, in participants who survived over 28 days.Methods: This is a parallel, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase IIb clinical trial carried out between April 18 and October 9, 2020, conducted in hospitalized patients with clinical–radiological suspicion of COVID-19, aged 18 years or older, with SpO2 ≤ 94% on room air or requiring supplementary oxygen, or under invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in a referral center in Manaus, Western Brazilian Amazon. Intravenous methylprednisolone (MP) (0.5 mg/kg) was given two times daily for 5 days to these patients. The primary outcome used for this study was pulmonary function testing at day 120 follow-up visit.Results: Out of the total of surviving patients at day 28 (n = 246) from the Metcovid study, a total of 118 underwent satisfactory pulmonary function testing (62 in the placebo arm and 56 in the MP arm). The supportive treatment was similar between the placebo and MP groups (seven [11%] vs. four [7%]; P = 0.45). At hospital admission, IL-6 levels were higher in the MP group (P < 0.01). Also, the need for ICU (P = 0.06), need for IMV (P = 0.07), and creatine kinase (P = 0.05) on admission also tended to be higher in this group. In the univariate analysis, forced expiratory volume on 1st second of exhalation (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) at D120 follow-up were significantly higher in patients in the MP arm, being this last parameter also significantly higher in the multivariate analysis independently of IMV and IL-6 levels on admission.Conclusion: The use of steroids for at least 5 days in severe COVID-19 was associated with a higher FVC, which suggests that hospitalized COVID-19 patients might benefit from the use of MP in its use in the long-term, with less pulmonary restrictive functions, attributed to fibrosis.Trial Registration:ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT04343729.
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author Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Raissa Soares Freire
Raissa Soares Freire
Elisângela Frota
Elisângela Frota
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Maria Eduarda Leão Farias
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Bernardo Maia Silva
Bernardo Maia Silva
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Djane Baía-da-Silva
Djane Baía-da-Silva
José Diego Brito-Sousa
José Diego Brito-Sousa
Mariana Simão Xavier
Marcia Almeida Araújo-Alexandre
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Guilherme Tinoco Arêas
Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Felipe Gomes Naveca
Fábio Trindade Maranhão Costa
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
The Metcovid team
Adria de Lemos Vasconcelos
Adriana Ferreira Praia Marins
Alexandre de Oliveira Trindade
Aline Sales Mendes Záu
Amanda Carvalho de Oliveira
Ana Carolina Azevedo Furtado
Ana Paula Coelho Rocha
Anderson da Silva Souza
Andiana de Souza Dias
Aníbal Belém
Antonny Michael da Silva Sousa
Beatriz França da Silva
Beatriz Leitão Franco
Bleno Leonam Gonçalves da Costa
Carla C. Judice
Carlos Eduardo Padron de Morais
Danielle Severino Sena da Silva
Debora Camila Gomes Duarte
Ejandre Garcia Negreiros da Silva
Elias da Silva Lemos
Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento
Elson Silva de Almeida
Elyana Almeida Marques
Emanuel Medeiros Marinho de Almeida
Emanuelle Lira da Silva
Ester Galvão dos Santos
Ezequiel da Silva Oliveira
Fábio Manabu Martins Shimizu
Fabíola Ramalho Ferreira de Souza
Felipe da Silva do Vale
Fernanda dos Santos de Almeida Lima
Fernando Hugo Jesus da Fonseca
Flávia Alencar Fontenelle
Francielen de Azevedo Furtado
Gabrielle Da Silva Pereira
Geísa Aleixo Bezerra
Guilherme Kemeron Maciel Salazar
Handerson da Silva Pereira
Hilda Ferreira de Melo
Ingrid Nascimento Oliveira
Ivanildo Vieira Pereira Filho
Jaily e Silva Rosa
Jacimara Vasques Gomes
Jonas Mota Lemos
Josué Nélio Brutus
Karina Pinheiro Pessoa
Laleyska Deucylane Costa Rodrigues
Larissa Esthefani Barros Cirino
Lauro Fragata Mourão Filho
Leandro Moura
Lorenna Pereira de Souza
Lucas Barbosa Oliveira
Marcela Menezes dos Santos
Marcus Vinicius Ramos da Silva
Mauro Pereira Rodrigues
Mayara Tavares de Menezes
Micaela Maciel dos Santos Mota
Nadya Fonseca Corrêa
Najara Bittencourt
Nagila Morais Rocha
Natália Guedes de Melo Silva
Priscilla de Oliveira Saraiva
Quézia de Sousa Monteiro
Rafael Theodoro dos Santos
Rebecca Augusta de Araújo Pinto
Rodrigo Saboia de Lima Reinan Brotas Ferreira
Rosângela Francisca Tanantas de Melo
Sabrina Teixeira Saenz
Salete Sara Alvarez Fernandes
Sheila Vítor-Silva
Thalie Cavalcante Santos
Tânia Maria Rodrigues de Oliveira
Tatyana A. Tavella
Thais Tavares Câmara
Thiago Serrão Pinto
Tilza Waleska Rocha dos Santos
Valdinete Alves do Nascimento
Wanessa Pessoa Sousa Barbosa
Wellinthon Ferreira de Melo
Wlademir Braga Salgad Sobrinho
author_facet Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
Raissa Soares Freire
Raissa Soares Freire
Elisângela Frota
Elisângela Frota
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Anna Gabriela Rezende Santos
Maria Eduarda Leão Farias
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Maria Gabriela Almeida Rodrigues
Bernardo Maia Silva
Bernardo Maia Silva
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Christiane Maria Prado Jeronimo
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Rebeca Linhares Abreu Netto
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Mayla Gabriela Silva Borba
Djane Baía-da-Silva
Djane Baía-da-Silva
José Diego Brito-Sousa
José Diego Brito-Sousa
Mariana Simão Xavier
Marcia Almeida Araújo-Alexandre
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Vanderson Souza Sampaio
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Gisely Cardoso Melo
Guilherme Tinoco Arêas
Ludhmila Abrahão Hajjar
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro
Felipe Gomes Naveca
Fábio Trindade Maranhão Costa
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Fernando Fonseca Almeida Val
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda
The Metcovid team
Adria de Lemos Vasconcelos
Adriana Ferreira Praia Marins
Alexandre de Oliveira Trindade
Aline Sales Mendes Záu
Amanda Carvalho de Oliveira
Ana Carolina Azevedo Furtado
Ana Paula Coelho Rocha
Anderson da Silva Souza
Andiana de Souza Dias
Aníbal Belém
Antonny Michael da Silva Sousa
Beatriz França da Silva
Beatriz Leitão Franco
Bleno Leonam Gonçalves da Costa
Carla C. Judice
Carlos Eduardo Padron de Morais
Danielle Severino Sena da Silva
Debora Camila Gomes Duarte
Ejandre Garcia Negreiros da Silva
Elias da Silva Lemos
Elizandra Freitas do Nascimento
Elson Silva de Almeida
Elyana Almeida Marques
Emanuel Medeiros Marinho de Almeida
Emanuelle Lira da Silva
Ester Galvão dos Santos
Ezequiel da Silva Oliveira
Fábio Manabu Martins Shimizu
Fabíola Ramalho Ferreira de Souza
Felipe da Silva do Vale
Fernanda dos Santos de Almeida Lima
Fernando Hugo Jesus da Fonseca
Flávia Alencar Fontenelle
Francielen de Azevedo Furtado
Gabrielle Da Silva Pereira
Geísa Aleixo Bezerra
Guilherme Kemeron Maciel Salazar
Handerson da Silva Pereira
Hilda Ferreira de Melo
Ingrid Nascimento Oliveira
Ivanildo Vieira Pereira Filho
Jaily e Silva Rosa
Jacimara Vasques Gomes
Jonas Mota Lemos
Josué Nélio Brutus
Karina Pinheiro Pessoa
Laleyska Deucylane Costa Rodrigues
Larissa Esthefani Barros Cirino
Lauro Fragata Mourão Filho
Leandro Moura
Lorenna Pereira de Souza
Lucas Barbosa Oliveira
Marcela Menezes dos Santos
Marcus Vinicius Ramos da Silva
Mauro Pereira Rodrigues
Mayara Tavares de Menezes
Micaela Maciel dos Santos Mota
Nadya Fonseca Corrêa
Najara Bittencourt
Nagila Morais Rocha
Natália Guedes de Melo Silva
Priscilla de Oliveira Saraiva
Quézia de Sousa Monteiro
Rafael Theodoro dos Santos
Rebecca Augusta de Araújo Pinto
Rodrigo Saboia de Lima Reinan Brotas Ferreira
Rosângela Francisca Tanantas de Melo
Sabrina Teixeira Saenz
Salete Sara Alvarez Fernandes
Sheila Vítor-Silva
Thalie Cavalcante Santos
Tânia Maria Rodrigues de Oliveira
Tatyana A. Tavella
Thais Tavares Câmara
Thiago Serrão Pinto
Tilza Waleska Rocha dos Santos
Valdinete Alves do Nascimento
Wanessa Pessoa Sousa Barbosa
Wellinthon Ferreira de Melo
Wlademir Braga Salgad Sobrinho
author_sort Camila Miriam Suemi Sato Barros
title Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_short Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_full Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_fullStr Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_full_unstemmed Short-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial
title_sort short-course of methylprednisolone improves respiratory functional parameters after 120 days in hospitalized covid-19 patients (metcovid trial): a randomized clinical trial
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eefc9d7a28cf4f8e89be2a8b740394652021-12-01T16:41:10ZShort-Course of Methylprednisolone Improves Respiratory Functional Parameters After 120 Days in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients (Metcovid Trial): A Randomized Clinical Trial2296-858X10.3389/fmed.2021.758405https://doaj.org/article/eefc9d7a28cf4f8e89be2a8b740394652021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.758405/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2296-858XBackground: The use of corticosteroids may help control the cytokine storm occurring in acute respiratory failure due to the severe form of COVID-19. We evaluated the postacute effect of corticosteroids used during the acute phase, such as impairment in pulmonary function parameters, on day 120 (D120)-follow-up, in participants who survived over 28 days.Methods: This is a parallel, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase IIb clinical trial carried out between April 18 and October 9, 2020, conducted in hospitalized patients with clinical–radiological suspicion of COVID-19, aged 18 years or older, with SpO2 ≤ 94% on room air or requiring supplementary oxygen, or under invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in a referral center in Manaus, Western Brazilian Amazon. Intravenous methylprednisolone (MP) (0.5 mg/kg) was given two times daily for 5 days to these patients. The primary outcome used for this study was pulmonary function testing at day 120 follow-up visit.Results: Out of the total of surviving patients at day 28 (n = 246) from the Metcovid study, a total of 118 underwent satisfactory pulmonary function testing (62 in the placebo arm and 56 in the MP arm). The supportive treatment was similar between the placebo and MP groups (seven [11%] vs. four [7%]; P = 0.45). At hospital admission, IL-6 levels were higher in the MP group (P < 0.01). Also, the need for ICU (P = 0.06), need for IMV (P = 0.07), and creatine kinase (P = 0.05) on admission also tended to be higher in this group. In the univariate analysis, forced expiratory volume on 1st second of exhalation (FEV1) and forced vital capacity (FVC) at D120 follow-up were significantly higher in patients in the MP arm, being this last parameter also significantly higher in the multivariate analysis independently of IMV and IL-6 levels on admission.Conclusion: The use of steroids for at least 5 days in severe COVID-19 was associated with a higher FVC, which suggests that hospitalized COVID-19 patients might benefit from the use of MP in its use in the long-term, with less pulmonary restrictive functions, attributed to fibrosis.Trial Registration:ClinicalTrials.gov, Identifier: NCT04343729.Camila Miriam Suemi Sato BarrosCamila Miriam Suemi Sato BarrosRaissa Soares FreireRaissa Soares FreireElisângela FrotaElisângela FrotaAnna Gabriela Rezende SantosAnna Gabriela Rezende SantosMaria Eduarda Leão FariasMaria Gabriela Almeida RodriguesMaria Gabriela Almeida RodriguesBernardo Maia SilvaBernardo Maia SilvaChristiane Maria Prado JeronimoChristiane Maria Prado JeronimoRebeca Linhares Abreu NettoRebeca Linhares Abreu NettoMayla Gabriela Silva BorbaMayla Gabriela Silva BorbaDjane Baía-da-SilvaDjane Baía-da-SilvaJosé Diego Brito-SousaJosé Diego Brito-SousaMariana Simão XavierMarcia Almeida Araújo-AlexandreVanderson Souza SampaioVanderson Souza SampaioVanderson Souza SampaioGisely Cardoso MeloGisely Cardoso MeloGuilherme Tinoco ArêasLudhmila Abrahão HajjarWuelton Marcelo MonteiroWuelton Marcelo MonteiroFelipe Gomes NavecaFábio Trindade Maranhão CostaFernando Fonseca Almeida ValFernando Fonseca Almeida ValFernando Fonseca Almeida ValMarcus Vinícius Guimarães LacerdaMarcus Vinícius Guimarães LacerdaMarcus Vinícius Guimarães LacerdaThe Metcovid teamAdria de Lemos VasconcelosAdriana Ferreira Praia MarinsAlexandre de Oliveira TrindadeAline Sales Mendes ZáuAmanda Carvalho de OliveiraAna Carolina Azevedo FurtadoAna Paula Coelho RochaAnderson da Silva SouzaAndiana de Souza DiasAníbal BelémAntonny Michael da Silva SousaBeatriz França da SilvaBeatriz Leitão FrancoBleno Leonam Gonçalves da CostaCarla C. JudiceCarlos Eduardo Padron de MoraisDanielle Severino Sena da SilvaDebora Camila Gomes DuarteEjandre Garcia Negreiros da SilvaElias da Silva LemosElizandra Freitas do NascimentoElson Silva de AlmeidaElyana Almeida MarquesEmanuel Medeiros Marinho de AlmeidaEmanuelle Lira da SilvaEster Galvão dos SantosEzequiel da Silva OliveiraFábio Manabu Martins ShimizuFabíola Ramalho Ferreira de SouzaFelipe da Silva do ValeFernanda dos Santos de Almeida LimaFernando Hugo Jesus da FonsecaFlávia Alencar FontenelleFrancielen de Azevedo FurtadoGabrielle Da Silva PereiraGeísa Aleixo BezerraGuilherme Kemeron Maciel SalazarHanderson da Silva PereiraHilda Ferreira de MeloIngrid Nascimento OliveiraIvanildo Vieira Pereira FilhoJaily e Silva RosaJacimara Vasques GomesJonas Mota LemosJosué Nélio BrutusKarina Pinheiro PessoaLaleyska Deucylane Costa RodriguesLarissa Esthefani Barros CirinoLauro Fragata Mourão FilhoLeandro MouraLorenna Pereira de SouzaLucas Barbosa OliveiraMarcela Menezes dos SantosMarcus Vinicius Ramos da SilvaMauro Pereira RodriguesMayara Tavares de MenezesMicaela Maciel dos Santos MotaNadya Fonseca CorrêaNajara BittencourtNagila Morais RochaNatália Guedes de Melo SilvaPriscilla de Oliveira SaraivaQuézia de Sousa MonteiroRafael Theodoro dos SantosRebecca Augusta de Araújo PintoRodrigo Saboia de Lima Reinan Brotas FerreiraRosângela Francisca Tanantas de MeloSabrina Teixeira SaenzSalete Sara Alvarez FernandesSheila Vítor-SilvaThalie Cavalcante SantosTânia Maria Rodrigues de OliveiraTatyana A. TavellaThais Tavares CâmaraThiago Serrão PintoTilza Waleska Rocha dos SantosValdinete Alves do NascimentoWanessa Pessoa Sousa BarbosaWellinthon Ferreira de MeloWlademir Braga Salgad SobrinhoFrontiers Media S.A.articleSARS-CoV-2COVID-19pulmonary function testlong-covidcorticosteroidinflammationMedicine (General)R5-920ENFrontiers in Medicine, Vol 8 (2021)