Respiratory and patient reported outcomes after hospitalisation with COVID-19 and implications for follow-up

Summary: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to over 86 million confirmed cases and nearly 2 million deaths globally. There is growing evidence that patients can have persistent symptoms and physiologic sequelae well after COVID-19 recovery, supporting the need for short and long term patient follow-up. In this presentation, we will discuss the development of the Post-COVID-19 Respiratory Clinic (PCRC) at St. Paul's Hospital and Vancouver General Hospital and review the research it has generated including studies looking at respiratory and patient reported outcomes after COVID-19. We will then discuss the implications these findings have on the long-term management of patients recovering from COVID-19. Presenters: Dr. Alyson Wong completed her core medical training at the University of British Columbia (UBC), followed by a Respirology fellowship at Dalhousie University. She subsequently returned to UBC where she completed a 2-year Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) clinical and research fellowship and Master of Health Science. Dr. Wong is currently a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at UBC and postdoctoral research fellow with the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation. She works as a respirologist in the Interstitial Lung Disease program at St. Paul's Hospital. Dr. Aditi Shah is part of Faculty of Medicine, Division of Respirology at University of British Columbia. She completed her training in Respiratory medicine at University of Saskatchewan and has received clinical and research training in Sleep Medicine and Neuromuscular respiratory disease at University of British Columbia. She is currently working as a Respirologist at Vancouver General Hospital and in Sleep Medicine department at University of British Columbia Hospital.

BC CDC Presenters

1/19/2021 8:00:00 PM