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We thank you for your kind comments and agree upon the existing doubts about the real meaning of changes in images of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the long term. Some authors bring an extrapolated reflection of other infections, including those related to outbreaks caused by other coronaviruses,() and indicate a potential persistence of some changes in images, including with repercussions in pulmonary function tests more than 10 years after the infectious insult.
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Reply to: Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19
RosaMEE, MatosMJR, FurtadoRSOP, BritoVM, AmaralLTW, BeraldoGL, FonsecaEKUN, et al. Reply to: Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19. Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2020;18:eCE6040. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020CE6040
Rosa,Marcela Emer Egypto; Matos,Marina Justi Rosa de; Furtado,Renata Silveira Olimpio de Paula; Brito,Vanessa Mizubuti; Amaral,Lucas Tadashi Wada; Beraldo,Gabriel Laverdi; Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Chate,Rodrigo Caruso; Passos,Rodrigo Bastos Duarte; Teles,Gustavo Borges da Silva; Silva,Murilo Marques Almeida; Yokoo,Patrícia; Yanata,Elaine; Shoji,Hamilton; Szarf,Gilberto; Funari,Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão. Reply to: Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19. Einstein (Sao Paulo)., v. 18, eCE6040, Oct. 2020. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020CE6040
Rosa,M.E.E., Matos,M.J.R. , Furtado,R.S.O.P., Brito,V.M., Amaral,L.T.W., Beraldo,G.L., Fonseca,E.K.U.N., Chate,R.C., Passos,R.B.D., Teles,G.B.S., Silva,M.M.A., Yokoo,P., Yanata,E., Shoji,H., Szarf,G., & Funari,M.B.G. (2020). Reply to: Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19. Einstein (Sao Paulo).,18, eCE6040. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020CE6040
Rosa,Marcela Emer Egypto and Matos,Marina Justi Rosa de and Furtado,Renata Silveira Olimpio de Paula and Brito,Vanessa Mizubuti and Amaral,Lucas Tadashi Wada and Beraldo,Gabriel Laverdi and Fonseca,Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes and Chate,Rodrigo Caruso and Passos,Rodrigo Bastos Duarte and Teles,Gustavo Borges da Silva and Silva,Murilo Marques Almeida and Yokoo,Patrícia and Yanata,Elaine and Shoji,Hamilton and Szarf,Gilberto and Funari,Marcelo Buarque de Gusmão. Reply to: Temporal evolution of tomographic findings of pulmonary infection in COVID-19. Einstein (Sao Paulo). [online]. 2020, vol. 18, [cited 2025-09-07], eCE6040. Available from: <https://journal.einstein.br/article/reply-to-temporal-evolution-of-tomographic-findings-of-pulmonary-infection-in-covid-19/>. ISSN 1679-4508. https://doi.org/10.31744/einstein_journal/2020CE6040
Figure 5
Risk of bias assessment of non-RCTs using the ROBINS-I tool
Non-RCT, nonrandomized controlled trial; ROBINS-I, Risk of Bias in Non-Randomized Studies-of Interventions
