[Pulmonary rehabilitation, return home: the issues of psychic care for severe Covid-19 patients]
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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
Zeev Maoz1, Serge Riche2, Jean-Luc Sudres3
1Clinique cardiovasculaire et pulmonaire de Saint-Orens, 12 avenue de Revel, 31650 Saint-Orens-de-Gameville, France; Centre d'étude et de recherche en psychopathologie et psychologie de la santé (CERPPS, EA 7411), Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Maison de la recherche, 5 allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
Abstract:
Upon discharge from the ICU, most severe post-Covid-19 patients are considered out of danger and on the mend. A large proportion of these patients are able to go home, but some continue to be frail and suffer from the side effects of the disease and the past heavy hospitalization. Others do not have the necessary support at home. Pulmonary rehabilitation is becoming a critical step in prognosis and a comfortable return home. It allows many patients to regain confidence in their body and its potential, to bridge the gap between a medically safe passive position and daily life, which should become as independent as possible, and to optimally reduce the risks of regression or relapse.
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