Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation
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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.
Intensive 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. ⋯ 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.