Posted on: 24 December 2020
Dr Sharon Taylor has contributed to a British Medical Journal (BMJ) article about the NICE guidelines on Long Covid.
She says:
“Long covid is thought to occur in approximately 10% of people infected, so there are likely more than 5 million people affected globally. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, and the Royal College of General Practitioners have developed a rapid guideline for managing the long term effects of covid-194 to assist long covid services being set up in the NHS and elsewhere. A lack of systematic research means that the current guideline is necessarily preliminary, but it will be updated regularly as new evidence emerges—becoming a “living guideline.” This approach is essential as the current guideline lacks important detail, including a comprehensive list of organ complications seen in patients with long covid, the investigations required, and specific interventions for these complications.”