Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Consensus Guidance Statement on the Assessment and Treatment of Fatigue in Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) Patients-Recorded Webinar

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The webinar focused on the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation's (AAPMNR) efforts to advance the knowledge and care for people with long COVID. The AAPMNR has called for a comprehensive national plan to address the needs of individuals suffering from long COVID, including resources, equitable access to care, and research. They have also launched a multidisciplinary PASC collaborative to guide clinical practice for treating and following long-term COVID issues. The collaborative includes post-COVID clinics across the US and is led by a group of co-chairs from different medical disciplines. The collaborative's clinical guidance statements are being released on a rolling basis, with current work focusing on cognitive impairment and cardiac-related issues. The AAPMNR has also released a long COVID dashboard that estimates the number of Americans experiencing long COVID symptoms at the county, state, and national level. The webinar also featured authors from the collaborative who discussed the assessment and treatment of fatigue in PASC patients. The guidance statements emphasize the importance of recognizing and diagnosing fatigue, analyzing presentation and assessment, and providing individualized treatment plans, including energy conservation strategies, dietary recommendations, and referrals to specialists as needed. The webinar highlighted the need for ongoing research and emphasized the importance of addressing health equity issues and social determinants of health in the care of long COVID patients.

Keywords

long COVID

comprehensive national plan

equitable access to care

multidisciplinary PASC collaborative

clinical guidance statements

cognitive impairment

cardiac-related issues

long COVID dashboard

fatigue in PASC patients

health equity issues