CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Long COVID

Episode Summary

Expert discussion of long COVID definitions, diagnosis, epidemiology, risk factors, treatment options, and clinical guidance statements.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Alba Azola, MD, and Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, discuss diagnosis and management of long COVID, including: 

• Definitions of post COVID conditions
• Diagnosis, including symptoms and clinical presentation
• Epidemiology
• Risk factors
• Possible treatment options
• Clinical guidance statements

Presenters:

Alba Azola, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Johns Hopkins
Co-Director
Johns Hopkins Post Acute COVID Team Clinic
Baltimore, Maryland

Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD
Professor and Distinguished Chair
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Director, UT Health COVID-19 Recovery Clinic
Department of Rehab Medicine
UT Health San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas

Link to full program:
https://bit.ly/3Gn4tXO

Links to Consensus Guidance Statements on Assessment and Treatment of Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19:

Autonomic Dysfunction:
https://bit.ly/3GHeUGY

Cardiovascular Complications:
https://bit.ly/3CmupkX

Cognitive Symptoms:
https://bit.ly/3X9tnkw

Fatigue:
https://bit.ly/3ihiLRQ

Respiratory Sequelae: 
https://bit.ly/3IrUkMc