Articles: covid-19.
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Clinical details of long COVID are still not well understood because of potential confounding with a wide range of pre-existing comorbidities. ⋯ After adjusting for potential comorbidities and confounders, clinical symptoms, such as headache, chest discomfort, dysgeusia, and dysosmia, were found to be independently associated with a previous history of COVID-19, which was diagnosed 2 or more months previously. These protracted symptoms might have impacted QOL and the overall somatic symptom burden in subjects with a previous history of COVID-19.
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Eur. J. Clin. Invest. · Jan 2025
Lung damage in SARS-CoV-2 patients: An autopsy study in the era of vaccination.
The contribution of SARS-CoV-2 infection on lung damage and the effect of vaccination on either containing the number of deaths or mitigating lung damage has not been systematically investigated. ⋯ COVID-19 vaccination has substantially reduced rates of death related to SARS-CoV-2 infection over time and may have the ability to mitigate lung damage.
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Postural sway and physical capacity had not previously been compared between people with long COVID and people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Therefore, this study determined postural sway and physical capacity in people with long COVID (∼16-month illness duration; n = 21) and ME/CFS (∼16-year illness duration; n = 20), vs age-matched healthy controls (n = 20). ⋯ These data suggest that both people with long COVID and people with ME/CFS have similarly impaired balance and physical capacity. Therefore, there is an urgent need for interventions to target postural sway and physical capacity in people with ME/CFS, and given the current pandemic, people with long COVID.
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To understand the role of primary care in the COVID-19 pandemic to provide insight into its functioning and inform potential reforms. ⋯ Universal formal attachment to an accountable interprofessional primary care team supported by adequate infrastructure should be the cornerstone of pandemic recovery planning.
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic showed the need to evaluate disease severity promptly at the time of hospital admission. ⋯ Abnormal ferritin levels were a very significant and clear indicator of the development of severe COVID-19. The addition of ferritin levels to our protocol aided in finding which patients were at increased risk for morbidity and mortality.