TimelineSüddeutsche Zeitung: The damage patients may suffer after corona disease

Mar 2020 | Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) | German Respiratory Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V.)

Süddeutsche Zeitung: The damage patients may suffer after corona disease

In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Michael Pfeifer, President of the German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine, says that some patients who had to be hospitalised because of COVID-19 still had limited lung function weeks after no virus was detectable in their blood. It is not yet known whether the condition will heal or whether the damage will be permanent.

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Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ)

The Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) is a German national subscription daily newspaper. The newspaper was first published in Munich in 1945 by Süddeutsche Zeitung GmbH, which is part of the Süddeutscher Verlag publishing house.

German Respiratory Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pneumologie und Beatmungsmedizin e.V.)

The German Respiratory Society e.V. is the largest and oldest medical society for lung diseases within the German-speaking countries. It sees itself as a forum for all physicians, scientists and academics working in the field of pulmonary medicine (pneumology).