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Diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID
Manage episode 352630906 series 71765
Diagnosing long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), is challenging for clinicians. With up to 200 possible symptoms, heterogeneous presentations and no definitive diagnostic test, the diagnosis is a clinical one.
In this episode, Dr. Kieran Quinn, a general internist and palliative care physician at Mount Sinai and Bridgepoint Hospitals in Toronto, emphasizes the importance of judicious diagnostic testing in patients with suspected long COVID.
Dr. Quinn, who is co-author on three “Five Things to Know…” articles published in CMAJ that cover diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID, suggests that limited routine blood work and, occasionally, an echocardiogram or pulmonary function test may be sufficient to make the diagnosis without the need for extensive testing and consultations.
The episode also features the personal experience of Suzie Goulding, the founder of COVID Long Haulers Canada, a support group for people struggling with long COVID, who shares her journey with the illness and her ongoing recovery process.
Join us as we explore medical solutions that address the urgent need to change healthcare. Reach out to us about this or any episode you hear. Or tell us about something you'd like to hear on the leading Canadian medical podcast.
You can find Blair and Mojola on X @BlairBigham and @Drmojolaomole
X (in English): @CMAJ
X (en français): @JAMC
Facebook
Instagram: @CMAJ.ca
The CMAJ Podcast is produced by PodCraft Productions
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Manage episode 352630906 series 71765
Diagnosing long COVID, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), is challenging for clinicians. With up to 200 possible symptoms, heterogeneous presentations and no definitive diagnostic test, the diagnosis is a clinical one.
In this episode, Dr. Kieran Quinn, a general internist and palliative care physician at Mount Sinai and Bridgepoint Hospitals in Toronto, emphasizes the importance of judicious diagnostic testing in patients with suspected long COVID.
Dr. Quinn, who is co-author on three “Five Things to Know…” articles published in CMAJ that cover diagnosing, assessing and treating long COVID, suggests that limited routine blood work and, occasionally, an echocardiogram or pulmonary function test may be sufficient to make the diagnosis without the need for extensive testing and consultations.
The episode also features the personal experience of Suzie Goulding, the founder of COVID Long Haulers Canada, a support group for people struggling with long COVID, who shares her journey with the illness and her ongoing recovery process.
Join us as we explore medical solutions that address the urgent need to change healthcare. Reach out to us about this or any episode you hear. Or tell us about something you'd like to hear on the leading Canadian medical podcast.
You can find Blair and Mojola on X @BlairBigham and @Drmojolaomole
X (in English): @CMAJ
X (en français): @JAMC
Facebook
Instagram: @CMAJ.ca
The CMAJ Podcast is produced by PodCraft Productions
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