How COVID-19 Patients Were Moved to Speak: A Rehabilitation Interdisciplinary Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Up to 36% of patients admitted to the ICU for COVID-19 require tracheostomy. While the literature recommends the use of multidisciplinary teams in the management of patients with tracheostomy for other diseases, little is known on the collaborative administration of physical therapy and speech language pathology services in the COVID-19 population.

Purpose

We sought to determine the outcomes of a collaboration between physical therapy (PT) and speech language pathology (SLP) in the treatment of patients who underwent tracheostomy placement as part of their treatment for COVID-19 at our facility.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective case series on patients with COVID-19 who had a tracheostomy. We included patients who had undergone mechanical ventilation for

SUBMITTER: Mooney B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7448406 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature