Search Results - "Melissa Heightman"
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Multiorgan impairment in low-risk individuals with post-COVID-19 syndrome: a prospective, community-based study
Published in BMJ open (30-03-2021)“…ObjectiveTo assess medium-term organ impairment in symptomatic individuals following recovery from acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.DesignBaseline findings from a…”
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What is current care for people with Long COVID in England? A qualitative interview study
Published in BMJ open (16-05-2024)“…ObjectiveTo investigate current care for people with Long COVID in England.DesignIn-depth, semistructured interviews with people living with Long COVID and…”
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STIMULATE-ICP: A pragmatic, multi-centre, cluster randomised trial of an integrated care pathway with a nested, Phase III, open label, adaptive platform randomised drug trial in individuals with Long COVID: A structured protocol
Published in PloS one (15-02-2023)“…Long COVID (LC), the persistent symptoms ≥12 weeks following acute COVID-19, presents major threats to individual and public health across countries, affecting…”
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Integrated care policy recommendations for complex multisystem long term conditions and long COVID
Published in Scientific reports (13-06-2024)“…The importance of integrated care for complex, multiple long term conditions was acknowledged before the COVID pandemic but remained a challenge. The pandemic…”
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Implementation and evaluation of a COVID-19 rapid follow-up service for patients discharged from the emergency department
Published in Clinical medicine (London, England) (01-01-2021)“…The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated rapid adaptation of healthcare providers to new clinical and logistical challenges. Following identification of high…”
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STIMULATE-ICP-CAREINEQUAL (Symptoms, Trajectory, Inequalities and Management: Understanding Long-COVID to Address and Transform Existing Integrated Care Pathways) study protocol: Defining usual care and examining inequalities in Long Covid support
Published in PloS one (15-08-2022)“…Introduction Individuals with Long Covid represent a new and growing patient population. In England, fewer than 90 Long Covid clinics deliver assessment and…”
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Post-COVID-19 assessment in a specialist clinical service: a 12-month, single-centre, prospective study in 1325 individuals
Published in BMJ open respiratory research (01-11-2021)“…IntroductionPost-COVID-19 complications require simultaneous characterisation and management to plan policy and health system responses. We describe the…”
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Barriers to healthcare access and experiences of stigma: Findings from a coproduced Long Covid case‐finding study
Published in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy (01-04-2024)“…Background and Aim Long Covid is often stigmatised, particularly in people who are disadvantaged within society. This may prevent them from seeking help and…”
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A Role for Steroids in COVID-19 Associated Pneumonitis at Six-week Follow-up?
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Development, deployment and evaluation of digitally enabled, remote, supported rehabilitation for people with long COVID-19 (Living With COVID-19 Recovery): protocol for a mixed-methods study
Published in BMJ open (07-02-2022)“…IntroductionLong COVID-19 is a distressing, disabling and heterogeneous syndrome often causing severe functional impairment. Predominant symptoms include…”
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Cardiac abnormalities in Long COVID 1-year post-SARS-CoV-2 infection
Published in Open heart (01-02-2023)“…BackgroundLong COVID is associated with multiple symptoms and impairment in multiple organs. Cross-sectional studies have reported cardiac impairment to…”
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Mechanisms underlying exercise intolerance in long COVID: An accumulation of multisystem dysfunction
Published in Physiological reports (01-02-2024)“…The pathogenesis of exercise intolerance and persistent fatigue which can follow an infection with the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus (“long COVID”) is not fully understood…”
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UK guidelines for managing long-term effects of COVID-19
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (08-05-2021)Get full text
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A New Professional Society for Post-COVID Condition and Other Post-Viral Conditions
Published in Advances in rehabilitation science and practice (01-01-2024)Get full text
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Learning from long COVID: integrated care for multiple long-term conditions
Published in British journal of general practice (01-05-2023)“…Van der Feltz-Cornelis et al discuss long COVID-19 and its management in the UK. Long COVID is a multisystem condition requiring a range of medical,…”
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Post-COVID-19 respiratory problems: burden and management
Published in Current opinion in supportive & palliative care (01-12-2022)“…To describe the burden of post-COVID respiratory sequelae in posthospital and nonhospitalized COVID-19 survivors and to describe the priorities of clinical…”
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'Long-COVID': a cross-sectional study of persisting symptoms, biomarker and imaging abnormalities following hospitalisation for COVID-19
Published in Thorax (01-04-2021)“…Large numbers of people are being discharged from hospital following COVID-19 without assessment of recovery. In 384 patients (mean age 59.9 years; 62% male)…”
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Post-COVID-19 respiratory problems: burden and management
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Patterns of myocardial injury in recovered troponin-positive COVID-19 patients assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Published in European heart journal (14-05-2021)“…Abstract Background Troponin elevation is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients, but underlying aetiologies are ill-defined. We used multi-parametric…”
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Multi-organ impairment and long COVID: a 1-year prospective, longitudinal cohort study
Published in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (01-03-2023)“…Objectives To determine the prevalence of organ impairment in long COVID patients at 6 and 12 months after initial symptoms and to explore links to clinical…”
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