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ArticleLa Revue de medecine interne2021

["Long-haul COVID": An opportunity to address the complexity of post-infectious functional syndromes].

P Cathébras, J Goutte, B Gramont, M Killian

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Article in La Revue de medecine interne, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. [Role of psychological factors in post-COVID-19 condition].Bulletin de l'Academie nationale de medecine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

P CathébrasService de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France. Electronic address: pascal.cathebras@chu-st-etienne.fr.
J GoutteService de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.
B GramontService de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.
M KillianService de médecine interne, hôpital Nord, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we address the issue of prolonged symptoms following an infection by SARS-CoV-2, labeled "long COVID". This clinically unspecific syndrome must be put in perspective with the post-infectious syndromes known for a long time but ultimately poorly understood and little studied, qualified, for lack of convincing arguments for a unambiguous pathophysiology and better terms, as functional somatic syndromes. The clinical implications for clinical care ("holistic" work-up and care of patients), for research (need for truly "bio-psycho-social" investigations), and the social implications of "long COVID" (social construction of the syndrome through the experiences of patients exposed on social networks, inequalities in the face of the disease and its socioeconomic consequences) are considered. "Long COVID" must be view, because of its expected prevalence, as an opportunity to address the complexity of post-infectious (functional) syndromes, their risk factors, and the biological, psychological and social mechanisms underlying them.

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Symptom AssessmentConsumer OrganizationsCOVID-19Diagnosis, DifferentialHumansInfectionsPhysician-Patient RelationsPost-Acute COVID-19 SyndromeRisk FactorsSyndromeCOVID-19« COVID long »Functional somatic syndromes“Long-haul COVID”Post-infectious syndromesSyndromes post-infectieuxSyndromes somatiques fonctionnels

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PMID34127310
PMCPMC8188509

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