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Once the worst is over, long recovery in primary care for COVID-19 patients

9 September 2020

Simon

Maude

smaude@nzdoctor.co.nz

Wednesday 9 September 2020, 05:45 AM

Intensive care specialist David Galler predicts a large number of people will become unwell with COVID-19 but won’t require admission to hospital

At home with acute COVID, Approximately 10 per cent of people experience prolonged illness after COVID-19, most recovering slowly with holistic support, rest, symptomatic treat

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References

1. Greenhalgh T, Knight, M, A’Court C et al. Management of post-acute Covid-19 in primary care. BMJ 2020;370:m3026 (online 11 August).

2. Rehabilitation in the wake of Covid-19 – A phoenix from the ashes, from the British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine. Find at: tinyurl.com/COVIDrehab

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