
COVID-19; Interim Guidance on Rehabilitation in the Hospital and Post-Hospital Phase from a European Respiratory Society and America Thoracic Society-coordinated International Task Force
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Het heeft minder bewijskracht dus het is minder betrouwbaar. Wat wilt dit zeggen:
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Het zijn aanbevelingen, door consensus van experts.
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Er wordt ruim gerefereerd naar onderzoek, wat de betrouwbaarheid van het artikel sterker maakt.
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Ze suggereren de resultaten als tussentijdse richtlijnen te zien.
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Het artikel is nog niet gepubliceerd in de laatste uitgave van de European Respiratory journal, omdat de auteurs nog een bewijs moeten voorleggen van hun resultaten.
Met andere woorden; het zijn suggestieve richtlijnen.
Volgende aanbevelingen worden voorgesteld:
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The international Task Force suggests that hospitalized patients with COVID-19 should receive rehabilitation at/around the bedside (critical care and/or ward based) until safe for discharge to the home environment.
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The international Task Force suggests that prior to hospital discharge, hospitalised patients with COVID-19 should have an assessment of oxygen requirements at rest and during exertion.
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The international Task Force suggests that patients with COVID-19 should be encouraged to do regular daily activities in the first 6-8 weeks after hospital discharge.
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The international Task Force suggests that patients with COVID-19 should be encouraged to do low/moderate intensity physical exercise at home (rather than high intensity physical exercise) in the first 6-8 weeks after hospital discharge, if a formal exercise assessment with measures of exertional desaturation has not been conducted.
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The international Task Force suggests that patients with COVID-19 should have a formal assessment of physical and emotional functioning at 6-8 weeks following discharge, to identify unmet rehabilitation needs.
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The international Task Force suggests that follow up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include the core outcomes set for survivors of acute respiratory failure at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge.
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The international Task Force suggests that follow up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include measures of respiratory function at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge.
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The international Task Force suggests that follow up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include measures of exercise capacity at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge.
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The international Task Force suggests that COVID-19 survivors with a need for rehabilitative interventions at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge (e.g., multiple treatable traits) should receive a comprehensive rehabilitation program, compared to no rehabilitation program.
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The international Task Force suggests that COVID-19 survivors with pre-existing/ongoing lung function impairment at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program consistent with established international standards, compared to no pulmonary rehabilitation program
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The international Task Force suggests that COVID-19 survivors with loss of lower limb muscle mass and/or function at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive a muscle strengthening program, rather than no strengthening program.
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The international Task Force suggests that COVID-19 survivors with loss of lower-limb muscle mass at 6-8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive nutritional support rather than no nutritional support.
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The international Task Force suggests that COVID-19 survivors with symptoms of psychological distress (using questionnaires) at 6-8 weeks after discharge from the hospital should receive a formal psychological assessment.