Cardiac rehabilitation activities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Position Paper of the AICPR (Italian Association of Clinical Cardiology, Prevention and Rehabilitation).
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis
; 90(2)2020 Jun 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-603594
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 outbreak is having a significant impact on both cardiac rehabilitation (CR) inpatient and outpatient healthcare organization. The variety of clinical and care scenarios we are observing in Italy depends on the region, the organization of local services and the hospital involved. Some hospital wards have been closed to make room to dedicated beds or to quarantine the exposed health personnel. In other cases, CR units have been converted or transformed into COVID-19 units. The present document aims at defining the state of the art of CR during COVID-19 pandemic, through the description of the clinical and management scenarios frequently observed during this period and the exploration of the future frontiers in the management of cardiac rehabilitation programs after the COVID-19 outbreak.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Cardiac Rehabilitation
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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