Empathy holds ‘great power’ as rheumatologists find role in long COVID management

Although the future role for rheumatologists in treating patients with long COVID is still uncertain, patient validation and empathy will be key parts of the equation, according to a speaker at EULAR 2022 Congress.
“If we have to define the epidemiology in terms of its incidence, prevalence and risk factors, we are challenged because of this lack of uniform definition,” Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, and RJ Fasenmyer chair of clinical immunology at the Cleveland Clinic, told

Although the future role for rheumatologists in treating patients with long COVID is still uncertain, patient validation and empathy will be key parts of the equation, according to a speaker at EULAR 2022 Congress.
“If we have to define the epidemiology in terms of its incidence, prevalence and risk factors, we are challenged because of this lack of uniform definition,” Leonard H. Calabrese, DO, professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, and RJ Fasenmyer chair of clinical immunology at the Cleveland Clinic, told