Rehabilitation programs for patients with COronaVIrus Disease 2019: consensus statements of Taiwan Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi
Journal Volume
120
Journal Issue
1 Pt 1
Pages
83
Date Issued
2021-01
Author(s)
Cheng, Yuan-Yang
Chen, Chin-Ming
Huang, Wei-Chun
Chiang, Shang-Lin
Hsieh, Pei-Chun
Lin, Ko-Long
Chen, Yi-Jen
Fu, Tieh-Cheng
Huang, Shu-Chun
Chen, Chia-Hsin
Chen, Shyh-Ming
Chou, Li-Wei
Chou, Chen-Liang
Li, Min-Hui
Tsai, Sen-Wei
Wang, Lin-Yi
Wang, Yu-Lin
Chou, Willy
Abstract
The COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which developed into a pandemic in 2020, has become a major healthcare challenge for governments and healthcare workers worldwide. Despite several medical treatment protocols having been established, a comprehensive rehabilitation program that can promote functional recovery is still frequently ignored. An online consensus meeting of an expert panel comprising members of the Taiwan Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation was held to provide recommendations for rehabilitation protocols in each of the five COVID-19 stages, namely (1) outpatients with mild disease and no risk factors, (2) outpatients with mild disease and epidemiological risk factors, (3) hospitalized patients with moderate to severe disease, (4) ventilator-supported patients with clear cognitive function, and (5) ventilator-supported patients with impaired cognitive function. Apart from medications and life support care, a proper rehabilitation protocol that facilitates recovery from COVID-19 needs to be established and emphasized in clinical practice.
Subjects
COVID-19; Consensus; Infection control; Rehabilitation
SDGs
Other Subjects
breathing exercise; consensus development; coronavirus disease 2019; disease severity; exercise; heart rehabilitation; hospital patient; human; outpatient; pulmonary rehabilitation; Review; risk factor; Taiwan; treatment contraindication; clinical protocol; consensus; convalescence; epidemiology; infection control; isolation and purification; organization and management; prevention and control; procedures; rehabilitation; Clinical Protocols; Consensus; COVID-19; Humans; Infection Control; Recovery of Function; Rehabilitation; SARS-CoV-2; Taiwan
Publisher
ELSEVIER TAIWAN