EPISODE · Jan 24, 2022 · 12 MIN
The looming long COVID crisis
from The Gist Healthcare Podcast
Dr. Wes Ely, a pulmonology and critical care physician at Vanderbilt University and co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center, says while much of the current COVID focus is on acute infection, health systems must prepare to care for the millions of chronically disabled individuals with “long COVID.” Dr. Ely's research focus is on cognitive issues that ICU patients develop during or after their stays, some of which appear similar to long covid. Ely wrote about his efforts to reform intensive care in his newly released book, "Every Deep-Drawn Breath". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dr. Wes Ely, a pulmonology and critical care physician at Vanderbilt University and co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship Center, says while much of the current COVID focus is on acute infection, health systems must prepare to care for the millions of chronically disabled individuals with “long COVID.” Dr. Ely's research focus is on cognitive issues that ICU patients develop during or after their stays, some of which appear similar to long covid. Ely wrote about his efforts to reform intensive care in his newly released book, "Every Deep-Drawn Breath". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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