TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons Learned in Implementing a Multidisciplinary Long COVID Clinic
AU - Palacio, Ana
AU - Bast, Elizabeth
AU - Klimas, Nancy
AU - Tamariz, Leonardo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024
PY - 2025/5
Y1 - 2025/5
N2 - The diagnosis and treatment of long COVID patients is challenging. Our aim is to share lessons learned using a multidisciplinary approach within the Veterans Affairs system. Our long COVID clinic is based in primary care but has imbedded rehabilitation specialists, nutrition, whole health, and different specialists within internal medicine. We conducted an extensive work-up to evaluate the presence of end-organ damage, ongoing inflammation, and dysautonomia. Our treatments are based on the prior experience that the Veterans Affairs system has on chronic fatigue syndrome and gulf war illness.
AB - The diagnosis and treatment of long COVID patients is challenging. Our aim is to share lessons learned using a multidisciplinary approach within the Veterans Affairs system. Our long COVID clinic is based in primary care but has imbedded rehabilitation specialists, nutrition, whole health, and different specialists within internal medicine. We conducted an extensive work-up to evaluate the presence of end-organ damage, ongoing inflammation, and dysautonomia. Our treatments are based on the prior experience that the Veterans Affairs system has on chronic fatigue syndrome and gulf war illness.
KW - Clinic setup
KW - Long COVID, Models of care
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85198056046
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.05.020
DO - 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.05.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 38782246
AN - SCOPUS:85198056046
SN - 0002-9343
VL - 138
SP - 843
EP - 849
JO - American Journal of Medicine
JF - American Journal of Medicine
IS - 5
ER -