Long covid: diagnosis, management, prognosis

 

In this first of The BMJ’s covid-19 grand rounds, we focus on the phenomenon of “long covid”. Many patients who have relatively mild symptoms from the infection, continue to experience these long after the usual 12 day duration. For these patients, the post-acute syndrome has a significant impact on their lives, but many questions remain about its diagnosis, management and prognosis. To discuss long covid we are joined by Fiona Godless, editor in chief of The BMJ (chair) Paul Garner, professor of infectious diseases at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Nisreen Alwan, associate professor in public health at the University of Southampton Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care at the University of Oxford Valentina Puntmann, associate professor at University Hospital Frankfurt Nicholas Peters, professor of cardiology at Imperial College London Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at Kings College London For more on The BMJ’s coverage of covid (free to access) https://www.bmj.com/coronavirus