1. Spanish Experience of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Efficacy for Patients Affected by the Novel SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
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Gonzalo Ballesteros Reviriego, Camilo Corbelini, Eleuterio A. Sánchez Romero, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, Bernat Planas Pascual, and Alberto Rojo Ruiz
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Infecciones por coronavirus ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Context (language use) ,Respiratory physiology ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,medicine ,Pulmonary rehabilitation ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Intensive care medicine ,Adverse effect ,Fisioterapia ,Lung ,business.industry ,Mortality rate ,Rehabilitation ,Rehabilitación médica ,Intensive care unit ,Virus ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Respiratory care - Abstract
At present, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is raging around the world. In Spain, the percentage of intensive care unit (ICU) patients is very high, as well as the mortality rate. This article discusses a 38-year-old woman admitted to the ICU for acute respiratory failure secondary to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Early physiotherapy improved lung secretion removal, respiratory mechanics outcomes, gas exchange, and muscle strength without adverse effects. Regarding the lack of information about physiotherapy effects in this context, these data are essential to demonstrate the feasibility of early physiotherapy in such patients who are young as well as older. Sin financiación 0.622 JCR (2020) Q4, 34/36 Gerontology 0.167 SJR (2020) Q4, 172/210 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation No data IDR 2020 UEM
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- 2020