Long COVID-ACOEM Guidance Statement

Gregg M Stave; Ismail Nabeel; Quentin Durand-Moreau

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000003059

Long COVID-ACOEM Guidance Statement

J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Apr 1;66(4):349-357. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003059. Epub 2024 Feb 2.

Authors

Gregg M Stave¹, Ismail Nabeel, Quentin Durand-Moreau

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC (G.M.S.); Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (I.N.); and Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (Q.D.-M.).

PMID: 38588073
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003059

Abstract

Persistent symptoms are common after acute COVID-19, often referred to as long COVID. Long COVID may affect the ability to perform activities of daily living, including work. Long COVID occurs more frequently in those with severe acute COVID-19. This guidance statement reviews the pathophysiology of severe acute COVID-19 and long COVID and provides pragmatic approaches to long COVID symptoms, syndromes, and conditions in the occupational setting. Disability laws and workers' compensation are also addressed.

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living
COVID-19* / epidemiology
Humans
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome*
Workers' Compensation