New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release.
The clinical manual covers several infection-associated chronic illnesses, including long COVID, long Lyme disease, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
Four hundred million people in the world have experienced long COVID, and millions more live with other infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to David Putrino, PhD, the Nash Family Director of the Cohen Center.
“Our clinic can only take on around 700 new patients a year, so clearly there’s a huge discrepancy there,” Dr. Putrino said in a statement. “Releasing this manual is a way for us not only to continue setting the standard of care, but also to help ensure that any clinician can have the tools and knowledge they need in order to adopt our practices and provide high-quality, evidence-informed practice for people with IACIs all over the world.”
The manual, prepared by the Cohen Center for Recovery From Complex Chronic Illnesses, guides clinicians through diagnosis, long-term management strategies, infection prevention measures, patient communication and multidisciplinary care models.
The resource is available here.
