Using the 2024 National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Definition of Long COVID: Implications for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Jerry A Krishnan^{1

2}, Bin Cao³, Sanjay H Chotirmall^{4

5}, E Wesley Ely^{6

7}, Peter Openshaw⁸, Nicolas Roche⁹, Grant Waterer¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Breathe Chicago Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, and.
² Office of Population Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, China.
⁴ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁷ Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, UMR 1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; and.
¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

Jerry A Krishnan et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;211(8):1391-1396.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202410-2036PP.

Jerry A Krishnan^{1

2}, Bin Cao³, Sanjay H Chotirmall^{4

5}, E Wesley Ely^{6

7}, Peter Openshaw⁸, Nicolas Roche⁹, Grant Waterer¹⁰

¹ Breathe Chicago Center, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Allergy, and.
² Office of Population Health Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, Beijing, China.
⁴ Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
⁵ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁷ Veteran Affairs Tennessee Valley Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
⁸ Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute, St. Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom.
⁹ Pneumologie, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Cité, UMR 1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France; and.
¹⁰ Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia.

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