A Systematic Review of Persistent Symptoms and Residual Abnormal Functioning Following Acute COVID-19: Ongoing Symptomatic Phase vs. Post-COVID-19 Syndrome

    June 2021 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”
    Glenn Jennings, Ann Monaghan, Xue Feng … Román Romero‐Ortuño

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    Studysummary This systematic review found that long COVID symptoms, particularly fatigue, sleep disorder, and dyspnoea, were similarly prevalent in ongoing symptomatic COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome, but psychological issues and poor quality of life were more common in the latter.
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