May 12, 2020 at 8pm CT - Post-Hospitalization of patients with COVID-19

How can family physicians and their clinical colleagues care for patients who have been hospitalized for COVID-19?  
Join in on a conversation with a pulmonologist and a family physician as they describe the care of post-hospitalized patients.  A study in JAMA Neurology found that 36.4% of people with COVID-19 had neurological symptoms, and approximately 20%, 15% and 6% of patients with severe infection developed severe muscle pain, dementia-like symptoms, and stenosis or stroke, respectively.

Presented by:
-  Lauren Oshman, MD, MPH, is core faculty at NorthShore family medicine residency, Evanston/Glenview, Vice Chair of Quality for the family medicine department, and clinical assistant professor at University of Chicago department of family medicine.  Dr. Oshman is a past IAFP board member.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-oshman-1ab897b5/
-  Curtis Weiss, MD, MS, is the head of quality for the division of pulmonology, critical care, allergy and immunology at NorthShore University Health System and medical director of the intensive care unit at NorthShore Glenbrook Hospital. https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/research-faculty/directory/affiliated/weiss-curt.html

On April 21 a Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said a survey of confirmed COVID-19 patients found 54 percent of respondents recovered less than two weeks after exhibiting symptoms. After four weeks, 77 percent of respondents said they recovered.
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