For the most up to date coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance and information, please visit theNHSorgovernment’sdedicated pages. This advice may differ inWales,ScotlandandNorthern Ireland. Since the UK’s COVID vaccination programme began at the end of 2020 there have been various reports of side ...
Dr. Sohal highlights the World Health Organization's case definition of COVID includes other symptoms such as coryza,sore throat, vomiting, and diarrhea, while NHS guidance states that patients should keep self-isolating for more than ten days if they have arunny noseor sneezing. Coryza/cold sh...
UK longitudinal study (LS) samples and 1.1 million individuals with COVID-19 diagnostic codes in electronic healthcare records (EHR) collected by spring 2021. Proportions of presumed COVID-19 cases in LS reporting any symptoms for 12+ weeks ranged from 7.8% and 17% (with 1.2 to 4.8% ...
Post-COVID syndrome also known as long COVID refers to symptoms persisting for more than three weeks after the diagnosis of COVID-19. We reviewed the current evidence on post-COVID syndrome, focusing on its clinical manifestations and addressing the challenges for its management inprimary health...
What symptoms best predict severe distress in an online survey of UK health and social care staff facing COVID-19: development of the two-item Tipping Point IndexCOVID-19health And safetymental healthObjectives COVID-19 has altered standard thresholds for identifying anxiety and depression. A ...
The assumption of our main outcome “post-COVID condition“ was that the risk of the diverse symptoms together makes up the risk of the post-COVID condition, which we assume shares common predictors. However, the predictors may differ by symptoms, and to examine the sensitivity of our ...
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and those with sensory or physical needs. This definition was based on UK Department for Education guidance (Timpson,2014). The authors understand that the chosen definition is broad and may differ from those preferred by different countries, and this needs to be considered when reflecting upon th...
Patients with cancer have a higher risk of severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and associated mortality than the general population. Owing to this increased risk, patients with cancer have been prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination globally, for both pr
Both direct (i.e. caused by the virus infection of the target cells) and indirect injury (i.e. through abnormal immune-inflammatory responses to the virus and likely involving the coagulation, cytokine and complement systems) have been linked to the wide clinical expression spectrum and multisyste...