Role of rehabilitation in a COVID-19 survivor with intensive care unit-acquired weakness: A case report.
Turk J Phys Med Rehabil
; 67(1): 115-119, 2021 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1154748
ABSTRACT
Intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is a catastrophic and debilitating clinical condition that causes generalized weakness and predisposes to adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic since November 2019. Each additional ICU admission for COVID-19 stresses intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital capacity. Accurately designed, timely rehabilitation procedures may reduce the patient burden of ICUs and hospitals. In this article, we describe a COVID-19 survivor who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and ICU-AW. Early pulmonary rehabilitation in the ICU and long-term rehabilitation maintenance after the ICU and hospital discharge resulted in a positive outcome.
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English
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Turk J Phys Med Rehabil
Year:
2021
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Article
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Tftrd.2021.7457
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