Episode 7 - Diagnosing Long COVID in Primary Care - with Professor Michelle Harkins MD
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Dr Funmi Okunola MD interviews Professor Michelle Harkins MD – Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico in the USA about how to diagnose Long COVID in Primary Care.  Professor Harkins runs a Post COVID clinic and Project Echo telehealth program that provides real time education and case discussions for community health practitioners for the management of Long COVID in the community. 1. Pinto MD, Lambert N, Downs CA, Abrahim H, Hughes TD, Rahmani AM, Burton CW, Chakraborty R. Antihistamines for postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 2022 Mar 1;18(3):335-8. 2. Brennan CM, Nadella S, Zhao X, Dima RJ, Jordan-Martin N, Demestichas BR, Kleeman SO, Ferrer M, von Gablenz EC, Mourikis N, Rubin ME. Oral famotidine versus placebo in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, data-intense, phase 2 clinical trial. Gut. 2022 May 1;71(5):879-88. 3. Tosato M, Calvani R, Picca A, Ciciarello F, Galluzzo V, Coelho-Júnior HJ, Di Giorgio A, Di Mario C, Gervasoni J, Gremese E, Leone PM. Effects of l-arginine plus vitamin C supplementation on physical performance, endothelial function, and persistent fatigue in adults with long COVID: a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Nutrients. 2022 Nov 23;14(23):4984.  4. O'Kelly B, Vidal L, McHugh T, Woo J, Avramovic G, Lambert JS. Safety and efficacy of low dose naltrexone in a long covid cohort; an interventional pre-post study. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity-Health. 2022 Oct 1;24:100485.
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