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Post-COVID Condition (Long COVID)
Post-COVID Condition, also known as Long COVID, Long-haul COVID and Long-term COVID, refers to the effects of COVID-19 that continue for months after the initial illness. WHO definition of post COVID-19 condition
Clinical Resources
- Diagnosing post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) in adults – Kieran L. Quinn, Fahad Razak and Angela M. Cheung, CMAJ, Jan. 2023
- Assessing common and potentially modifiable symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) in adults – Kieran L. Quinn, Fahad Razak and Angela M. Cheung, CMAJ, Jan. 2023
- Treating common and potentially modifiable symptoms of post-COVID-19 condition (long COVID) in adults – Kieran L. Quinn, Fahad Razak and Angela M. Cheung, CMAJ, Jan. 2023
- Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations – Nature Reviews Microbiology, Jan.2023
- Post COVID-19 Condition: Guidance for Primary Care – Ontario Health, Dec. 2022
- Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care – Trisha Greenhalgh et al, BMJ, Sept. 22, 2022
- eConsult – Guide to access to COVID-19 and post-COVID condition advice through eConsult
- Clinical Management of COVID-19 - Living Guideline (see Section 24: Care of COVID-19 patients after acute illness) – WHO, Sept. 2022
- COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing the long-term effects of COVID-19 – NICE, RCGP, and SIGN, Jan. 2022
- Post COVID-19 Condition: Children and Young Persons – WHO webinar, Aug. 17, 2022 (access recording)
- COVID-19 Community of Practice – long COVID sessions: access recordings Feb. 19, 2021 with Dr. Trisha Greenhalgh | Feb. 18, 2022 with Dr. Ashley Verduyn | Sept. 16, 2022 with Dr. Jennifer Hulme, Dr. Angela Leung and physiotherapist Mr. Adam Brown
- Long COVID FAQs for family physicians – OCFP, April 2021 (update pending)
Outpatient Rehabilitation Programs
By region (compiled by Dr. Ashley Verduyn)
North Ontario
- Health Sciences North – Community Care & Rehabilitation
- St. Joseph’s Care Group (Thunder Bay) – Post-COVID-19 Outpatient Clinic
West Ontario
- Halton Healthcare: Post COVID-19 Syndrome Clinic
- Hamilton Health Sciences Centre – Regional Rehabilitation Centre
- Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare – COVID Recovery Program
- Hotel Dieu Shaver Health and Rehabilitation Centre
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London – Post-acute COVID-19 Program
East Ontario
- Providence Care Hospital (Kingston)
- The Ottawa Hospital – Rehabilitation Centre
South Ontario
- Runnymede Healthcare Centre
- West Park Healthcare Centre - Post-COVID Service
- Toronto Grace Health Centre: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Clinic
- UHN – Toronto Rehabilitation Institute (TRI)
- Unity Health Toronto – Providence Healthcare: Outpatient Post-COVID Condition Rehabilitation Program
Evidence
- Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) in Adults: Rapid Review – PHO, April 2022
- Characterizing Long COVID in an International Cohort: 7 Months of Symptoms and Their Impact (Symptoms and timeline) – Davis et al
- Developing services for long COVID: lessons from a study of wounded healers – RCP Clinical Medicine Journal
- Persistent Symptoms in Patients After Acute COVID-19 – JAMA Research Letter, July 2020
- COVID-19 is, in the end, an endothelial disease – European Heart Journal, Sept. 2020
- Care Dependency in Non-Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 – Journal of Clinical Medicine, Sept. 2020
- CanCOVID research network
Patient Resources
- Post-COVID-19 Condition – WHO "Science in 5" video
- Support for Rehabilitation: Self-management after COVID-19-related Illness – WHO
- Living with Persistent Post-COVID-19 Symptoms (multi-lingual factsheets by symptom) – Provincial Health Services Authority, B.C.
- Long COVID Resources for Patients and Families – University Health Network
- Post-COVID Rehabilitation Self-Management – The Ottawa Hospital
- COVID Long-haulers Canada