Physiotherapy Care of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - A Brazilian Experience

Authors

  • Renato Fraga Righetti Hospital Sirio-Libanes https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6234-1458
  • Mirian Akemi Onoue Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Flavia Vanessa Aurea Politi Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Débora Trigo Teixeira Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Patricia Nery de Souza Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Claudia Seiko Kondo Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Eliana Vieira Moderno Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Igor Gutierrez Moraes Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Ana Lígia Vasconcellos Maida Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Laerte Pastore Junior Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Felipe Duarte Silva Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Christina May Moran de Brito Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Wania Regina Mollo Baia Hospital Sirio-Libanes
  • Wellington Pereira Yamaguti Hospital Sirio-Libanes https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4943-2085

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2020/e2017

Keywords:

COVID-19, Physiotherapy, Mechanical Ventilation, Oxygen Therapy, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2

Abstract

Some patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) present with severe acute respiratory syndrome, which causes multiple organ dysfunction, besides dysfunction of the respiratory system, that requires invasive procedures. On the basis of the opinions of front-line experts and a review of the relevant literature on several topics, we proposed clinical practice recommendations on the following aspects for physiotherapists facing challenges in treating patients and containing virus spread: 1. personal protective equipment, 2. conventional chest physiotherapy, 3. exercise and early mobilization, 4. oxygen therapy, 5. nebulizer treatment, 6. noninvasive ventilation and high-flow nasal oxygen, 7. endotracheal intubation, 8. protective mechanical ventilation, 9. management of mechanical ventilation in severe and refractory cases of hypoxemia, 10. prone positioning, 11. cuff pressure, 12. tube and nasotracheal suction, 13. humidifier use for ventilated patients, 14. methods of weaning ventilated patients and extubation, and 15. equipment and hand hygiene. These recommendations can serve as clinical practice guidelines for physiotherapists. This article details the development of guidelines on these aspects for physiotherapy of patients with COVID-19.

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Published

2020-06-23

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Review Articles

How to Cite

Physiotherapy Care of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - A Brazilian Experience. (2020). Clinics, 75, e2017. https://doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2020/e2017