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A doença COVID-19 causada pelo coronavírus SARS-CoV-2 provoca desde sintomas respiratórios ligeiros, por vezes impercetíveis, até graves implicações a nível respiratório e multiorgânico, especialmente se atinge grupos de risco, como hipertensos, diabéticos ou maiores de 65 anos, entre outros. Para os doentes mais gravemente atingidos, o internamento em unidades de cuidados intensivos por síndroma de dificuldade respiratória aguda (SDRA) pode ser uma realidade, com tempos de internamento aumentados em relação a uma pneumonia convencional e que se traduzirão em sequelas motoras e funcionais onde o fisioterapeuta terá um papel essencial a desempenhar. Em qualquer das diferentes fases de evolução desta doença (crítica e aguda, pós-aguda, ambulatório e domicílio), o fisioterapeuta intervém com o objetivo de restituir a máxima capacidade funcional aos indivíduos atingidos pelo COVID-19. O objetivo deste artigo é, assim, mostrar o papel do fisioterapeuta em cada uma destas etapas de intervenção.
ABSTRACT - The disease COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 translates, in individuals affected by this virus, from mild respiratory symptoms, sometimes imperceptible to serious respiratory and multiorgan implications, especially if associated with risk groups such as people with hypertension, diabetes or those with more than 65 years, among others. For the most severely affected patients, hospitalization in intensive care units due to severe respiratory distress syndrome may be a reality, with increased hospitalization time compared to normal pneumonia, and which will translate into the motor and functional sequelae where the physiotherapist will have an essential role to develop. In any of the different stages of evolution of this disease (critical and acute, post-acute, ambulatory, and home), the physiotherapist acts in order to restore maximum functional capacity in individuals affected by COVID-19. The purpose of this text is thus to show the role of the physiotherapist in each of these intervention stages.
ABSTRACT - The disease COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 translates, in individuals affected by this virus, from mild respiratory symptoms, sometimes imperceptible to serious respiratory and multiorgan implications, especially if associated with risk groups such as people with hypertension, diabetes or those with more than 65 years, among others. For the most severely affected patients, hospitalization in intensive care units due to severe respiratory distress syndrome may be a reality, with increased hospitalization time compared to normal pneumonia, and which will translate into the motor and functional sequelae where the physiotherapist will have an essential role to develop. In any of the different stages of evolution of this disease (critical and acute, post-acute, ambulatory, and home), the physiotherapist acts in order to restore maximum functional capacity in individuals affected by COVID-19. The purpose of this text is thus to show the role of the physiotherapist in each of these intervention stages.
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COVID-19 Síndroma de dificuldade respiratória aguda Fisioterapia respiratória Acute respiratory distress syndrome Respiratory physiotherapy Fisioterapia Physiotherapy Medicina de reabilitação Rehabilitation
Citation
Tomás MT, Ferreira G, Fernandes MB. O papel do fisioterapeuta na pandemia por SARS-CoV-2. Saúde & Tecnologia. 2020;(special issue 3):e29-e33.
Publisher
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa