F48.0 is the old neurasthenia code - I wonder if that's why they included it. See e.g. the 2016 ICD page:...
A Long COVID Definition A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences (Consensus Study Report) National Academies of Sciences,...
Prevalence, risk factors, and impact of long COVID in a socially vulnerable community in Brazil: a prospective cohort study Summary Background...
In answer to the question above there is no mention of post-exertional malaise. I have only been able to have a very brief skim but here are a...
Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following pneumonia: A population-based Cohort study Abstract Background Chronic fatigue syndrome...
Interesting study, and one that shows just how valuable some of these large databases can be for research. Looks like they carefully considered a...
Absolutely ludicrous that they're spinning REGAIN as "high quality evidence confirming the sustained clinical benefit and lack of harm with...
Do you think this is a genuinely serious risk? The NHS may now be routinely reimbursing private hospitals for carrying out operations but that is...
"some individuals who did not endorse orthostatic symptoms before the study nonetheless had substantial reductions in cerebral blood flow." (link)
It was my understanding that the majority of the records have been released. For instance if you go to the National Archives website and enter the...
A fascinating paper. Only 22 patients, so a small sample size, and potential referral bias which the authors acknowledge, but will be interesting...
They're recommending the usual POTS/MCAS/etc stuff - here's the treatments table:
.. and Wessely as 'Wesseley'
Camille A. Broussard, MD, MPHa,*, Alba Azola, MDb,c, Peter C. Rowe, MDd Pediatric Clinics of North America (2024) Post-acute sequelae of SARS...
Best case scenario we get something that's immediately targetable with biologics; worst case scenario is if nothing achieves significance and...
Handwaving about systemic issues and service provision seemed to me like a "patient-friendly" way to distract attention from his own hospital's...
The criticism that it "does not reference the biomedical evidence" is clearly misplaced. The only results that are currently reliable are negative...
Haven't read through this yet but here's how they describe how they informed the patients: Not sure that this approach is indeed consistent with...
How can you "personalise" treatment before you've adequately demonstrated that it works? Also no other area of medicine has to continually unmake...
Yes, immediate. And as painful, debilitating and simply wretched as severe light & sound sensitivities can be, there are also other forms that...
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