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Patients who had been infected with COVID-19 continue to experience symptoms at medium-term follow-up, showing greater high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) than controls, results of a study have shown.

A remotely delivered structured weight management programme appears effective and safe in reducing symptoms that matter most among individuals with long COVID (LC) and overweight, findings from the wait-list-controlled open-label ReDIRECT trial suggest.

A recent study at Singapore General Hospital has noted no change in the volume of hip fractures during the COVID-19 pandemic, but patients admitted during this period appear to be more “deconditioned.”

In critically ill patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), treatment with corticosteroids has significantly reduced the need for mechanical ventilation, while use of hydrocortisone has prevented many hospital deaths.