Defining long COVID: Going back to the start

“Long COVID” is the condition whereby affected individuals do not recover for several weeks or months following the onset of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, whether tested or not.(1) The name “long COVID” was created by the people experiencing it in Spring 2020 to describe their journeys of not rec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alwan, Nisreen A., Johnson, Luke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7992371/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33786465
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2021.03.003
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Sumario:“Long COVID” is the condition whereby affected individuals do not recover for several weeks or months following the onset of symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, whether tested or not.(1) The name “long COVID” was created by the people experiencing it in Spring 2020 to describe their journeys of not recovering.(2) Here, we suggest a way to standardize its definition through outlining what constitutes initial infection with COVID-19.

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