Digital platform to support patients coping with long covid goes live People with long covid could be monitored with the aid of a ground-breaking mobile phone app and clinical website.…
NHS England and NHS Improvement recently published their updated National guidance for post-COVID syndrome assessment clinics in April 2021. The guidance builds upon its initial version, published in November 2020,…
Research must be done urgently to fill the many gaps in this new "living guideline"(Manoj Sivan and Sharon Taylor, 2020) The covid-19 pandemic has killed over 1.6 million people worldwide,1…
This guideline covers identifying, assessing and managing the long-term effects of COVID-19, often described as ‘long COVID’. It makes recommendations about care in all healthcare settings for adults, children and…
NHS England recently invested £20 M in setting up 40 Long COVID clinics to assess and manage these individuals. They have recommended the use of C19-YRS as an outcome measure…
Development of an integrated rehabilitation pathway for individuals recovering from COVID-19 in the communityObjective: COVID-19 is a multisystem illness that has considerable long-term physical, psychological, cognitive, social and vocational sequelae…
Assessing long-term rehabilitation needs in COVID-19 survivors using a telephone screening tool (C19-YRS tool)A multidisciplinary team of rehabilitation professionals came together to tackle this important issue of following up COVID-19…
Long-term clinical outcomes in survivors of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus outbreaks after hospitalisation or ICU admission: A systematic review and meta-analysisSevere acute…
The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) has been suggested as a tool to aid treatment escalation decisions for frontline clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss the concept of frailty and…