Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR)

• Published in: Monaldi archives for chest disease Vol. 90; no. 1
• Main Authors: Lazzeri, Marta, Lanza, Andrea, Bellini, Raffaella, Bellofiore, Angela, Cecchetto, Simone, Colombo, Alessia, D'Abrosca, Francesco, Del Monaco, Cesare, Gaudellio, Giuseppe, Paneroni, Mara, Privitera, Emilia, Retucci, Mariangela, Rossi, Veronica, Santambrogio, Martina, Sommariva, Maurizio, Frigerio, Pamela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Italy PAGEPress Publications 26.03.2020
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections - rehabilitation; Coronavirus Infections - therapy; COVID-19; Critical Care; Dyspnea - etiology; Humans; Hypoxia - complications; Hypoxia - etiology; infection; Infection Control - methods; Infection Control - standards; Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional - prevention & control; Italy; Noninvasive Ventilation - methods; Noninvasive Ventilation - standards; Pandemics; Physical Therapy Modalities; physiotherapy; Pneumonia, Viral - etiology; Pneumonia, Viral - rehabilitation; Pneumonia, Viral - therapy; Pronation; rehabilitation; Respiration, Artificial - methods; Respiration, Artificial - standards; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - etiology; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - rehabilitation; Respiratory Distress Syndrome - therapy; Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - rehabilitation; Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy; Respiratory Protective Devices; Respiratory Therapy - methods; Respiratory Therapy - standards; SARS-CoV-2; Italy
• ISSN: 1122-0643; 2532-5264
• DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2020.1285

Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) On February 2020, Italy, especially the northern regions, was hit by an epidemic of the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus that spread from China between December 2019 and January 2020. The entire healthcare system had to respond promptly in a very short time to an exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units.