A5002837403- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Disaster Response and Management
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
2023-2025
### What you need to know Patients with long covid—defined by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as signs symptoms that persist more than four weeks (and especially 12 weeks) following acute covid-1912—may present in primary care of palpitations (tachycardia) triggered standing or minimal exertion.3 These may be accompanied dizziness, breathlessness, chest pain, sweating, bloating, fatigue, other which caused a dysfunction autonomic nervous system...
Orthostatic intolerance (OI), including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and hypotension (OH), are often reported in long covid, but published studies small with inconsistent results. We sought to estimate the prevalence of objective OI patients attending covid clinics healthy volunteers associations symptoms comorbidities. Participants a diagnosis were recruited from eight UK clinics, general population. All undertook standardized National Aeronautics Space Administration...
The protracted form of COVID-19 known as 'long covid' was first described in 2020. Its symptoms, course and prognosis vary widely; some patients have a multi-system, disabling prolonged illness. In 2021, ring-fenced funding provided to establish 90 long covid clinics England; were also established Scotland Wales. NIHR-funded LOCOMOTION project implemented UK-wide quality improvement collaborative involving ten these clinics, which ran from 2021 2023. At regular online meetings held...
ABSTRACT Introduction The rapidly increasing prevalence of long-COVID (LC), the multisystem complexity condition and high patient symptom burden, necessitated an immediate need to develop new clinics for assessment management. This article reports on rapid implementation a reactive responsive LC care pathway. We mapped patients’ journey through this pathway, identifying services that were activated according prevalent symptoms, assessed barriers facilitators its delivery, from perspective...
Abstract Purpose Orthostatic intolerance (OI), including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) and hypotension (OH), are often reported in long covid, but published studies small with inconsistent results. We sought to estimate the prevalence of objective OI patients attending covid clinics healthy volunteers associations symptoms comorbidities. Methods Participants were recruited from 8 UK clinics, general population. All undertook standardised National Aeronautics Space...