Post-Acute COVID - Episode 82
Sep 23, 2020•21 min
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Summary
This episode features Professor Tricia Greenhalgh on post-acute COVID-19 management in primary care. She details the condition's varied presentations, from fatigue and brain fog to cardiorespiratory issues, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing it from other serious conditions using existing GP skills. The discussion covers the role of home oximetry, tailored rehabilitation approaches, and crucial advice for GPs on recognizing silent hypoxia in acute COVID cases.Episode description
In this episode, The Good GP interviews Professor Tricia Greenhalgh on post-acute COVID-19 in primary care.
Tricia is a GP, OBE and professor of primary care health sciences, University of Oxford.
This episode explores post-acute COVID presentations in primary care, including the management and rehabilitation of post-acute COVID.
Prof. Greenhalgh also explains differentiating between post-acute COVID and other pathologies, including the red flags and testing.
This episode concludes with Tricia’s tips from the UK on a potential wave of post-acute COVID here in Australia.
This episode was recorded on 26 August 2020.
BMJ Article: Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care: https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3026
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