COVID-19: Prognosis, Outcomes and Long-Term Sequelae
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Infectious Disease Epidemiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 137926
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Interests: long-term medical conditions; global health; rehabilitation technology; pain medicine; sleep medicine; outcome measurement
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Interests: disability epidemiology; rehabilitation health-services research; neurorehabilitation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
IJERPH cordially invites you to contribute to this special issue on “Covid-19: Prognosis, Outcomes and Long-Term Sequelae"
The first cases of Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) were reported in China in Dec 2019 and since then the pandemic has rapidly spread across the continents. The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in January 2020. It causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2) which is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality in the acute phase. More than 1.35 million cases has been tested positive for infection with more than 75,900 deaths reported so far. Worldwide case fatality rate ranges from 0.7% (Germany) to more than 10% (Italy). Several adverse prognostic factors have been identified so far including advanced age, male sex and presence of comorbidity.
The long-term problems and outcomes in Covid-19 survivors is currently unknown. We however know that previous outbreaks of coronavirus and Ebola virus have caused immunological, radiological, functional and psychological abnormalities of varying degrees. Persistent problems of pulmonary function, weakness, chronic pain, fatigue, depression, anxiety, PTSD, vocational problems and reduced quality of life have been observed in survivors of these previous outbreaks.
This special issue is aimed at articles of high academic standard investigating these persistent or emerging long-term problems in the physical, psychological and social domains. We would like to focus on the management of survivors beyond the acute stages of illness and help maximise functional ability by optimised interventions. Authors can submit original research, systematic review, case report and service evaluation audits related to any of these aspects of Covid-19 or previous coronavirus outbreaks.
We look forward to your contributions.
Dr. Manoj Sivan
Dr. Ng Yee Sien
Dr. Sofia Straudi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coronavirus
- follow-up
- pulmonary function/ fibrosis
- critical illness neuropathy/myopathy/weakness
- chronic pain
- fatigue
- depression
- anxiety
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- vocation
- quality of life