Feltrin Thaís D, Cielo Carla A, Pasqualoto Adriane S
Department of Speech Therapy, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.
Department of Speech Therapy and Human Communication Disorders, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria RS, Brazil.
J Voice. 2023 Feb 23. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.02.015.
INTRODUCTION: COVID-19, an infectious disease with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations and intensities in the human body, it can cause respiratory and vocal disorders, with fatigue. OBJECTIVE: To verify the relation between biological Inflammatory markers D-dimers and C-Reactive Protein, Forced Vital Capacity, Maximum Phonation Time, vocal performance and fatigue, length of hospitalization period and gender of people affected by COVID-19 who were hospitalized, but did not use orotracheal intubation and compare with a group of post-COVID-19 patients with orotracheal intubation. METHODS: Data on D-dimers and C-Reactive Protein, spirometry, Maximum Phonation Time, performance and vocal fatigue were collected. The study included 42 adult people affected by COVID-19 who were hospitalized, 22 (52.4%) female and 20 (47.6%) male; 23 (54.8%) critical cases composing the group with orotracheal intubation (average age 48.9 years old) and 19 (45.24%) severe cases in the group without orotracheal intubation (average age 49.9 years old). RESULTS: hospital length of stay was significantly longer for the group with orotracheal intubation; D-dimers were significantly altered in all groups; correlations between maximum phonation times were positive and significant; correlations between maximum phonation times, vocal performance and fatigue were both negative and significant. CONCLUSION: Patients with orotracheal intubation had longer hospital internment and increased D-dimers and were amazed that, whenever maximum phonation times decreased performance and vocal fatigue increased.
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