Afflicting millions of people across the world, long COVID is a new disease entity that can present with a diverse array of symptoms of variable severity, affecting nearly every organ system. The presumptive diagnosis of long COVID is largely clinical and should be made only after other serious etiologies have been excluded. Workup is driven by the patient s presenting acute symptoms, comorbidities, and physical examination findings. This issue reviews the research and current evidence on the etiology of COVID-19 infection and long COVID and presents a practice-based approach to the management of patients presenting with its postacute sequelae.
- Provider:EB Medicine
- Activity Link: https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/covid-19/urgent-care-long-covid
- Start Date: 2024-03-01 06:00:00
- End Date: 2024-03-01 06:00:00
- Credit Details: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™️: 4.0 hours
- Commercial Support: No
- Activity Type: Enduring Material
- CME Finder Type: Online Learning
- Fee to Participate: Yes
- Measured Outcome: Learner Competence, Learner Knowledge
- Provider Ship: Directly Provided
- Registration: Open to all