Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC): a protocol for a multidisciplinary prospective observational evaluation of a cohort of patients surviving hospitalisation in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Introduction COVID-19 may lead to persistent and potentially incapacitating clinical manifestations (post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)). Using easy-to-apply questionnaires and scales (often by telephone interviewing), several studies evaluated samples of COVID-19 inpatients from 4 w...

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Main Authors: Paulo A Lotufo, Juliana C Ferreira, Eloisa Bonfa, Marta Imamura, Roger Chammas, Thais Mauad, Izabel Marcilio, Nelson Gouveia, Anna Sara Levin, Bruno Fukelmann Guedes, Luiz Henrique Martins Castro, Ricardo Nitrini, José Eduardo Krieger, Geraldo Filho Busatto, Adriana Ladeira de Araújo, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Esper Georges Kallas, Fabio Rezende Pinna, Heraldo Possolo de Souza, Katia Regina da Silva, Marcio Valente Yamada Sawamura, Marilia Seelaender, Michelle Louvaes Garcia, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Rodolfo Furlan Damiano, Vanderson Geraldo Rocha, Linamara Rizzo Batisttella, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, Claudia da Costa Leite, Cristiano Gomes, Emmanuel A. Burdmann, Euripedes C. Miguel, Giovanni G. Cerri, Guilherme Fonseca, Jorge Hallak, Luis Yu, Maria Cassia J Mendes Corrêa, Marcio Mancini, Maria Elizabeth Rossi, Ricardo Ferreira Bento, Rossana Pulcinelli Francisco, Thiago Avelino-Silva, Wilson Jacob Filho, Edivaldo M Utiyama, Aluisio C Segurado, Beatriz Perondi, Anna Miethke-Morais, Amanda C Montal, Leila Harima, Solange R G Fusco, Marjorie F Silva, Marcelo C Rocha, Izabel Cristina Rios, Fabiane Yumi Ogihara Kawano, Maria Amélia de Jesus, Carolina Carmo, Clarice Tanaka, Julio F M Marchini, Maura Salaroli Oliveira, Thaís Guimarães, Carolina dos Santos Lázari, Ester Sabino, Marcello MC Magri, Tarcisio E P Barros-Filho, Maria Cristina Peres Braido Francisco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e051706.full