Early rehabilitation in a critically ill inpatient with COVID-19.
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
; 56(6): 858-861, 2020 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1049276
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Survivors of critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) suffer from severe physical functional disability. Recent reports from several countries suggest that rehabilitative intervention is needed to improve physical functional decline in the challenging situation of COVID-19. CASE REPORT A 58-year-old woman, previously without gait difficulty, was diagnosed with COVID-19 requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. She also developed stress-induced cardiomyopathy. After management in intensive care unit for 15 days, she could not sit on a bed without back support. After receiving short-term inpatient rehabilitation therapy, lower limb muscle strength, balance function, and gait speed had rapidly and significantly improved at the time of hospital discharge and at 1-month follow-up. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT As COVID-19 tends to progress rapidly in the acute phase, early rehabilitation is necessary, despite challenges to its implementation. Feasible inpatient rehabilitation for patients with critical COVID-19 will pave the way to improve physical functional disability.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Critical Illness
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Critical Care
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COVID-19
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Intensive Care Units
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Phys Rehabil Med
Journal subject:
Physical Medicine
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Rehabilitation
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S1973-9087.20.06406-0
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