The Northwestern Medicine Comprehensive COVID-19 Center released a study on long COVID patients by identifying patterns in the people who presented long COVID symptoms and found multidisciplinary care was an advisable approach.
Dr. Marc Sala, pulmonologist and assistant professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, said the study’s aim was, in part, to begin identifying patterns in the people who presented with long COVID.“We looked back on about 1,200 patients with our center’s involvement for treating patients with long COVID,” Sala said.
As the COVID-19 pandemic now enters its fourth year, Latinos are still disproportionately impacted by the virus. Nationwide, about 24% of COVID-19 cases are among Latinos despite the group making up only 19% of the U.S. population. However, the Northwestern study had just a small percentage of Latino participants, which Sala said “does not represent the number of individuals who actually have long COVID, that just means those are able to access us successfully.
“Anyone who’s worked in the ICU during the time of the pandemic knew that patients of Latino background or African Americans were more susceptible to the worst outcomes of COVID,” Sala said. “It was very palpable during the time in which hospitals were inundated, and we have extreme manifestations of the disease.
Sala said researchers did not find any patterns connecting long COVID to vaccination status, but medical professionals continue to recommend vaccination for all. “One thing that’s become clear is you can get long COVID after, say, your third or fourth infection with COVID,” Sala said. “So you maybe have not had persistent symptoms after your first infection, but that doesn’t mean it can’t develop in the future.”
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