Creating a provincial post COVID-19 interdisciplinary clinical care network as a learning health system during the pandemic: Integrating clinical care and research

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Unpacking long COVID

Terry Murray

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL (2021)

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Post-covid syndrome in individuals admitted to hospital with covid-19: retrospective cohort study

Daniel Ayoubkhani et al.

Summary: Patients discharged from the hospital after COVID-19 were found to have increased rates of multiorgan dysfunction, with higher risk not only limited to the elderly but also varying across ethnic groups.

BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL (2021)

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Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Burden of post-COVID-19 syndrome and implications for healthcare service planning: A population-based cohort study

Dominik Menges et al.

Summary: This study found a significant proportion of individuals experiencing longer-term consequences after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Some patients did not fully recover six to eight months post-diagnosis, with many experiencing symptoms of fatigue, dyspnea, or depression. Additionally, a high percentage sought healthcare services after acute illness, but some individuals did not seek further care despite ongoing symptoms.

PLOS ONE (2021)

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Article Respiratory System

Validation of a visual analog scale for assessing cough severity in patients with chronic cough

Allison Martin Nguyen et al.

Summary: The cough severity Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is validated and responsive for assessing chronic cough severity, with a reduction of >30 mm on the VAS indicating clinically meaningful changes in chronic cough severity in clinical studies.

THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN RESPIRATORY DISEASE (2021)

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