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EDITORIAL
Recovery pathway of post-SARS patients
Recovery pathway of post-SARS patients
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr J C K Chan
Consultant (Medical Development), Hospital Authority Head Office, 147B Argyle Street, Hong Kong; chanckj@ha.org.hk
The recovery pathway of SARS survivors mirrors that of ARDS patients in several respects
Abbreviations: ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome; TLCO, carbon monoxide transfer factor; VALI, ventilator associated lung injury
Keywords: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS); lung function; quality of life
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The article by Hui et al in this issue of Thorax1 and an earlier article in Thorax by Ng et al2 on the longer term functional state of patients who have recovered from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) have arrived in a timely fashion for two reasons. Firstly, as survivors of the global epidemic which shocked the world in 2003, patients who have recovered from SARS are certainly an important source of world knowledge on the longer term impact of the illness on the health of those affected. Secondly, there has recently been renewed interest in the long term outcome of patients who have survived acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as evidenced by seven studies published since 2000 on patient outcome following an episode of ARDS.3–9
The question of whether SARS is just ARDS has been asked since the 2003 outbreak.10 Indeed, the more severe
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