When Mount Sinai Hospital opened its Center for Post-Covid Care in May, it was New York’s — and the country’s — first such facility. The doctors there expected to treat patients who had been severely ill or hospitalized. By that point, three months into the pandemic, they knew that the coronavirus could cause harm to … Read more
A Texas trauma surgeon says it’s rare that X-rays from any of her COVID-19 patients come back without dense scarring. Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall tweeted, “Post-COVID lungs look worse than any type of terrible smoker’s lung we’ve ever seen. And they collapse. And they clot off. And the shortness of breath lingers on… and on…. and … Read more
It was just a couple of months into the pandemic when patients in online support groups began describing the phenomenon. In some emergency departments, they said, their complaints were largely being dismissed—or at the very least diminished—by health care professionals. The patients felt they were not being heard, or perhaps even were outright disbelieved. 10 Sec … Read more
By Stover, Angela M. PhD*,; Tompkins Stricker, Carrie PhD, RN; Hammelef, Karen DNP, RN; Henson, Sydney BS; Carr, Philip BS; Jansen, Jennifer MPH; Deal, Allison M. MS; Bennett, Antonia V. PhD*,; Basch, Ethan M. MSc, MD. Introduction: Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures used during cancer care delivery improve communication about symptoms between patients and clinicians and reduce service … Read more
