ESCMID rapid guidelines for assessment and management of long COVID.

ABSTRACT:

Scope

The aim of these guidelines is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and management of individuals with persistent symptoms after acute COVID-19 infection and to provide a definition for this entity, termed 'long COVID'.

Methods

We performed a search of the literature on studies addressing epidemiology, symptoms, assessment, and treatment of long COVID. The recommendations were grouped by these headings and by organ systems for assessment and treatment. An expert opinion definition of long COVID is provided. Symptoms were reviewed by a search of the available literature. For assessment recommendations, we aimed to perform a diagnostic meta-analysis, but no studies provided relevant results. For treatment recommendations we performed a systematic

SUBMITTER: Yelin D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8849856 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature