Long COVID: Strategies for Approaching Patient Care - Frankly Speaking Ep 330

<p>Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: <a href='https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-330'>https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-330</a></p> <p>Overview: The CDC’s Household Pulse Survey data indicate that more than 10% of adults who contracted COVID-19 have had symptoms that lasted at least 3 months. While patients worry about long COVID, there are no specific tests to confirm its diagnosis. In this episode, we discuss a recent JAMA article that addresses the primary care approach to long COVID.</p> <p>Episode resource links:</p> <ul><li>Landhuis EW. How Primary Care Physicians Can Recognize and Treat Long COVID. JAMA. Published online May 03, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.6604</li> <li>JAMA. 2022;328(16):1604. PMID: 36215063</li> <li><a href='https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/clinical-care/post-covid-conditions.html#management:~:text=Patients%20with%20Post-COVID%20Conditions%20may%2Cpacing%20for%20post-exertional%20malaise.'>Post-COVID Conditions: Information for Healthcare Providers (cdc.gov)</a></li> </ul> <p>Guest: Robert A. Baldor MD, FAAFP Music Credit: Richard Onorato</p>