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Turk J Phys Med Rehabil · Mar 2021
Case ReportsRole of rehabilitation in a COVID-19 survivor with intensive care unit-acquired weakness: A case report.
- Firdevs Ulutaş, Sena S N Öztekin, and Füsun Ardıç.
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey.
- Turk J Phys Med Rehabil. 2021 Mar 1; 67 (1): 115-119.
AbstractIntensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) is a catastrophic and debilitating clinical condition that causes generalized weakness and predisposes to adverse short- and long-term outcomes. Novel coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been a global pandemic since November 2019. Each additional ICU admission for COVID-19 stresses intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital capacity. Accurately designed, timely rehabilitation procedures may reduce the patient burden of ICUs and hospitals. In this article, we describe a COVID-19 survivor who developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and ICU-AW. Early pulmonary rehabilitation in the ICU and long-term rehabilitation maintenance after the ICU and hospital discharge resulted in a positive outcome.Copyright © 2021, Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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