TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 after 6-months from hospital discharge: pulmonary function impairment and its heterogeneity JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00196-2021 SP - 00196-2021 AU - M. Milanese AU - M. Anselmo AU - S. Buscaglia AU - L. Garra AU - R. Goretti AU - L. Parodi AU - G. Riccio AU - R. Tassara AU - P. Gnerre A2 - , Y1 - 2021/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/early/2021/05/21/23120541.00196-2021.abstract N2 - Until now, reports about pulmonary function in previously hospitalised subjects for COVID-19 are at discharge [1] or at 3–4 months [2–4]. The first study at 6 months is that of Huang et al. [5], enrolling 1733 discharged subjects, 349 of them underwent a pulmonary function study.FootnotesThis manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the ERJ Open Research. It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJOR online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article.Conflict of interest: Dr. MILANESE has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. ANSELMO has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. BUSCAGLIA has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. GARRA has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. GORETTI has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. PARODI has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. RICCIO has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. TASSARA has nothing to disclose.Conflict of interest: Dr. GNERRE has nothing to disclose. ER -