ASSESSING RESPIRATORY FUNCTION IN COVID 19 PATIENTS USING PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR LENGTH OF HOSPITAL STAY AND DISEASE SEVERITY

ZHEEN F.  HEFDHALLAH; HAIDAR N.  MOHAMMED

doi:10.26682/sjuod.2023.26.1.40

ZHEEN F. HEFDHALLAH Depart. of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
HAIDAR N. MOHAMMED Depart. of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/sjuod.2023.26.1.40

Keywords: COVID 19, Pulmonary Function Test, remaining pathology

Abstract

Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) can used to analyze and screen respiratory conditions, counting COVID-19. Ponders have appeared that PFT variations from the norm are common in patients with severe COVID-19, and these anomalies are related with longer hospital stays and worse outcomes.

This was a prospective cross-sectional study, used convenient sampling to evaluate the respiratory function of discharged patients from one of three COVID hospitals in the Duhok Governorate specifically the burn and plastic hospital. Spirometer pulmonary function tests (PFT) were used to conduct the evaluation, which took place over six months period from 1/11/2021 to 1/5/2022. The first two weeks were an experimental trial on normal patients.

The results revealed that a quarter of the patients had normal respiratory function, with nearly half of them had a mild degree of disease. Fortunately, less than one third of the patient were classified as having moderate to severe degrees of disease. The presence of pulmonary disease was highly correlated with high blood glucose and the duration of stay in the hospital. The last in turn was shown to affect the patient ability to cough

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