Medha Ghose MD, Maehali Patel MD
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement characterizing COVID-19 as a pandemic that has, as of October 2020, caused almost 36 million confirmed global cases and over 1 million deaths. One of the long-term complications suggested by researchers is fibrosis. It has been hypothesized that the combination of ongoing pulmonary injury caused by COVID-19 and the inability to promptly repair damage results in interstitial matrix widening and eventual compression and destruction of alveoli and capillaries. Here we focus on pathogenesis, risk factors, different infectious causes of fibrosis along with COVID-19, and potential treatment options that might reduce its effects.
Keywords: COVID-19, pulmonary fibrosis, mechanism, treatment
Article citation: Ghose M, Patel M. A review of post infectious pulmonary fibrosis in the era of COVID-19 and potential treatment options. The Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles 2021;9(40):37–46
From: Sir Salimullah Medical College (MG), Dhaka, Bangladesh; School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (MP), Lubbock, Texas
Submitted: 3/15/2021
Accepted: 6/27/2021
Reviewer: Rishi Raj MD
Conflicts of interest: none
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