Physical medicine and rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19

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COVID-19, rehabilitation, pandemics, levels of care

Abstract

The health system faced a global pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. Emergency preparedness plans generally did not consider specific rehabilitation issues for patients at their different levels for care, although the World Health Organization advised the inclusion of the entire medical community in addition to rehabilitation staff as soon as possible. A review of what was published in the last five years was carried out, referencing 25 bibliographies. The review was made with the objective of sharing information with the medical community, including professionals and technicians dedicated to rehabilitation, who treated patients with COVID-19 at different levels of care. The available information on COVID-19 was summarized and analyzed, based on a search of the scientific literature and on the experience in the treatment of patients with different levels of disabilities, to plan the continuity of the rehabilitation care and to guide the guidelines to follow in the different phases and levels of care, an aspect that is still uncertain.

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2023-07-26

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Peñate-Brito JB, Rodríguez-Caballero CD, Guerra-Sánchez M. Physical medicine and rehabilitation in patients with COVID-19. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2023 Jul. 26 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];45(4):e4985. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/4985

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