Abstract
3/2021
vol. 15
Review paper
Hospital rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients – own experience
- Klinika Chirurgii, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu, Collegium Medicum Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Kraków, Polska
- Szpital Zakonu Bonifratrów św. Jana Grandego, Kraków, Polska
- Zakład Kinezyterapii, Instytut Nauk Stosowanych, Akademia Wychowana Fizycznego, Kraków, Polska
- Szpital Specjalistyczny im. Stefana Żeromskiego, Kraków, Polska
- Instytut Rehabilitacji Klinicznej, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, Kraków, Polska
- Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Poznaniu, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Polska
Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne 2021; 3: 103-108
Online publish date: 2021/09/09
COVID-19 is an acute infectious disease of the respiratory system caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Current clinical experience indicates the need for the earliest possible implementation of physiotherapy in hospital wards and intensive care units treating patients with COVID-19. The conducted rehabilitation includes the following: breathing exercises, antithrombotic exercises, general improvement exercises, walking training, cyclo-ergometer training, and self-care ADL exercises. Professionally conducted physiotherapy improves exercise tolerance and lung ventilation. Hospital rehabilitation of patients with COVID-19 is as integral to the patient’s treatment as nursing and medical care.
Keywords
COVID-19, rehabilitation, oxygen saturation
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