Fifteen-minute consultation: Managing post-COVID-19 syndrome (long COVID) in children and young people 2023,Wacks, Gregorowski et al

Abstract
Post-COVID-19 syndrome is a new condition that can have a major impact on the physical and mental well-being of children and young people, affecting their ability to access activities including education. Paediatricians and general practitioners need to be able to assess and manage patients with this condition; making the diagnosis, excluding serious pathology, managing comorbidities and accessing appropriate management are crucial. This 15 minute consultation presents an approach to history taking, examination, investigations, management principles and referrals.

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https://ep.bmj.com/content/early/2023/04/20/archdischild-2022-324950

note Anna Gregorowski (Chair of BACME) is one of the authors.

 

If this actually intents to convey that Long Covid can be assessed and diagnosed on the basis of a single 15 minute consultation, God help any children receiving what these authors regard as medical care.

 

Bold idea, to take something no one can effectively do outside of very rare exceptions, and think that the problem is that they're not doing it quickly enough.

Bold as in terrible. This not only creates the false impression that this is managed in any other way than the patient simply enduring and relying on chance, but that it can be fully handled in 15 minutes.

I guess this is what counts as progress in healthcare: fail, quickly. Hey, if you're going to fail anyway, as a choice, might as well make it cheap. In a way this is progress from the old/current idea of failing in 2 minutes.

 

considering time pressure and a deliberate shortage of G P S fifteen minutes is wishful thinking i do not remember any G P visit taking more than five minutes often after an hour plus waiting in the surgery .