Efficacy of early pulmonary rehabilitation in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory sequelae, induced by lung injury, reduced muscle strength, and nutritional disturbance, are common in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, optimal treatment is essential for reducing the mortality in severe forms of the disease and critically ill patients. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) has been used in many chronic respiratory diseases, but the role of early PR in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients remains to be fully understood.

Methods

Hospitalized severe to critically ill COVID-19 patients were recruited from Beijing Chaoyang Hospital between December 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. In all, we recruited 272 patients, with 39 in the PR group and 233 in the control group. The PR intervention consisted of the

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12039096 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature