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Joint Statement on the Role of Respiratory Rehabilitation in the COVID-19 Crisis: The Italian Position Paper

Authors :
Michele Vitacca
Pierachille Santus
Mara Paneroni
Paolo Banfi
Nicolino Ambrosino
Mauro Carone
Franco Pasqua
Andrea Lanza
Francesco Gigliotti
Enrico Clini
Emilia Privitera
Giorgio Castellana
Enrico Guffanti
Marta Lazzeri
Source :
Respiration
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
S. Karger AG, 2020.

Abstract

Due to the exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the entire Italian health care system had to respond promptly and in a very short time with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units. Moreover, trained dedicated COVID-19 teams consisting of physicians were coming from different specialties (intensivists or pneumologists and infectiologists), while respiratory therapists and nurses have been recruited to work on and on without rest. However, due to still limited and evolving knowledge of COVID-19, there are few recommendations concerning the need in respiratory rehabilitation and physiotherapy interventions. The presentation of this paper is the result of a consensus promoted by the Italian societies of respiratory health care professionals who contacted pulmonologists directly involved in the treatment and rehabilitation of COVID-19. The aim was to formulate the more proper and common suggestions to be applied in different hospital settings in offering rehabilitative programs and physiotherapy workforce planning for COVID-19 patients. Two main areas of intervention were identified: organization and treatment, which are described in this paper to face the emergency.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14230356 and 00257931
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Respiration
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....97ead15075f892e90146511b8e1fb9c4