Abstract:

Summary In December 2019, COVID-19, which appeared in China's city of Wuhan and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, mainly affects the patient's respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological and musculoskeletal systems. 15% of cases are severe and 5% are monitored with very severe clinical tables that require ventilation and life support. COVID-19 patients need pulmonary rehabilitation from the early period when the disease is stable due to these effects. Respiratory physiotherapy is one of the important components of pulmonary rehabilitation. This collection, accompanied by current literature, discussed the points that patients with COVID-19 should be taken into consideration during respiratory physiotherapy methods and applications that can be applied in the hospital process and departure. Keywords: COVID-19, respiratory physiotherapy, lung rehabilitation.  Abstract COVID-19, which was appeared in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and declared by the World Health Organization a pandemic, affects patients' respiratory, cardiovascular, neurological, and musculoskeletal systems. 15% of cases are severe and 5% are followed by a very severe clinical condition that requires ventilation and life support. COVID-19 patients need pulmonary rehabilitation from the early stage on when the disease is stable due to these negative effects. Respiratory physiotherapy is one of the important components of pulmonary rehabilitation. In this review, respiratory physiotherapy methods which can be applied to patients during the treatment in the hospital and after the discharge, and points to be considered in the application of these methods are discussed. COVID-19, respiratory physiotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation.

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