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cord-314515-p40x3cxr	NGAI, Jenny C.	The long‐term impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome on pulmonary function, exercise capacity and health status	2010-03-19		.txt	text/plain	3506	209	57	Methods: A prospective cohort study of SARS patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong was conducted, with serial assessments of lung function, 6MWD and 36 item Short Form General Health Survey at 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after disease onset. 1 3 Previous studies of survivors of acute lung injury and ARDS unrelated to SARS have shown variable degrees of residual abnormalities in pulmonary function, exercise capacity and impairment in health-related quality of life. 20, 21 The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the 2-year outcome of lung function, exercise capacity, health and work status of SARS survivors based on updated normative lung function data collected in Hong Kong (HK) from 2001-2003. This prospective cohort study has shown that 52% of SARS survivors had persistent impairment in DLCO and that exercise capacity and health status were significantly lower than the normal controls of the same age groups at 24 months post-illness.	./cache/cord-314515-p40x3cxr.txt	./txt/cord-314515-p40x3cxr.txt