COVID-19 pandemic. What should Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine specialists do? A clinician's perspective.

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Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
COVID-19 pandemic. What should Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine specialists do? A clinician's perspective.
Journal
European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
Author(s)
Carda S., Invernizzi M., Bavikatte G., Bensmaïl D., Bianchi F., Deltombe T., Draulans N., Esquenazi A., Francisco G.E., Gross R., Jacinto L.J., Moraleda Pérez S., O'dell M.W., Reebye R., Verduzco-Gutierrez M., Wissel J., Molteni F.
ISSN
1973-9095 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1973-9087
Publication state
Published
Issued date
08/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
56
Number
4
Pages
515-524
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly spreading all over the world, creating the risk for a healthcare collapse. While acute care and intensive care units are the main pillars of the early response to the disease, rehabilitative medicine should play an important part in allowing COVID-19 survivors to reduce disability and optimize the function of acute hospital setting. The aim of this study was to share the experience and the international perspective of different rehabilitation centers, treating COVID-19 survivors. A group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialists from eleven different countries in Europe and North America have shared their clinical experience in dealing with COVID-19 survivors and how they have managed the re-organization of rehabilitation services. In our experience the most important sequelae of severe and critical forms of COVID-19 are: 1) respiratory; 2) cognitive, central and peripheral nervous system; 3) deconditioning; 4) critical illness related myopathy and neuropathy; 5) dysphagia; 6) joint stiffness and pain; 7) psychiatric. We analyze all these consequences and propose some practical treatment options, based on current evidence and clinical experience, as well as several suggestions for management of rehabilitation services and patients with suspected or confirmed infection by SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 survivors have some specific rehabilitation needs. Experience from other centers may help colleagues in organizing their services and providing better care to their patients.
Keywords
Betacoronavirus, Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections/rehabilitation, Critical Care/methods, Europe/epidemiology, Humans, Pandemics, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine/organization & administration, Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology, Pneumonia, Viral/rehabilitation, Specialization
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Web of science
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