Respiration

Interventional Pulmonology

Joint Statement on the Role of Respiratory Rehabilitation in the COVID-19 Crisis: The Italian Position Paper

Vitacca M.a · Carone M.b · Clini E.M.c · Paneroni M.a · Lazzeri M.d · Lanza A.e · Privitera E.f · Pasqua F.g · Gigliotti F.h · Castellana G.b · Banfi P.i · Guffanti E.j · Santus P.k · Ambrosino N.l · on behalf of the ITS - AIPO, the ARIR and the SIP/IRS

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aRespiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Lumezzane, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Brescia, Italy
bRespiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Bari, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Bari, Italy
cDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences SMECHIMAI, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
dDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
eSleep Medicine Center, Department of Neuroscience, ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
fHealth Professions Department Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
gPulmonary Rehabilitation, Istituto Clinico RiabilitativoVilla delle Querce, Nemi, Rome, Italy
hPulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Hospital, Florence, Italy
iPulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Hospital, Milan, Italy
jRehabilitative Pneumology, Former INRCA IRCCS, Casatenovo, Lecco, Italy
kDivision of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences L. Sacco, Ospedale Universitario L. Sacco – ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
lRespiratory Rehabilitation of the Institute of Montescano, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, Pavia, Italy

Keywords: Critical care medicinePulmonary medicinePosition paper

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Abstract of Interventional Pulmonology

Received: April 20, 2020
Accepted: May 02, 2020
Published online: May 19, 2020
Issue release date: July 2020

Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 3

ISSN: 0025-7931 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0356 (Online)

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Abstract

Due to the exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the entire Italian health care system had to respond promptly and in a very short time with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units. Moreover, trained dedicated COVID-19 teams consisting of physicians were coming from different specialties (intensivists or pneumologists and infectiologists), while respiratory therapists and nurses have been recruited to work on and on without rest. However, due to still limited and evolving knowledge of COVID-19, there are few recommendations concerning the need in respiratory rehabilitation and physiotherapy interventions. The presentation of this paper is the result of a consensus promoted by the Italian societies of respiratory health care professionals who contacted pulmonologists directly involved in the treatment and rehabilitation of COVID-19. The aim was to formulate the more proper and common suggestions to be applied in different hospital settings in offering rehabilitative programs and physiotherapy workforce planning for COVID-19 patients. Two main areas of intervention were identified: organization and treatment, which are described in this paper to face the emergency.

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First-Page Preview
Abstract of Interventional Pulmonology

Received: April 20, 2020
Accepted: May 02, 2020
Published online: May 19, 2020
Issue release date: July 2020

Number of Print Pages: 7
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 3

ISSN: 0025-7931 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0356 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/RES

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