Some Questions Related to Pulmonary Rehabilitation & COVID-19

LungFIT: Pulmonary Rehab Podcast

Hi everyone, and welcome to the LungFIT podcast. I am going to be taking a much needed break for the next while, so I hope you enjoy this past episode about some questions related to pulmonary rehabilitation and COVID-19. I'll be back soon with new content, but until then, thank you again for your support.

On this episode, I talk about COVID-19 and pulmonary rehabilitation, including questions that health care professionals should ask themselves when they consider admitting patients who have had COVID-19 and ongoing symptoms.

I mentioned some papers that I would recommend reading, that discuss some of these questions in more detail, as well as provide guidance to you as you consider caring for patients who have had COVID-19, in your pulmonary rehabilitation programs.

1. Spruit MA, Holland AE, Singh SJ, Tonia T, Wilson KC, Troosters T. COVID-19: Interim guidance on rehabilitation in the hospital and post-hospital phase from a European Respiratory Society and American Thoracic Society-coordinated International Task Force. Eur Respir J 2020; in press (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02197-2020). This paper can be found here.

2. American Thoracic Society Assembly on Pulmonary Rehabilitation. “Guidance for Re-opening Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs.” This paper can be found here.

3. American Physical Therapy Association Webinars on “Physical Therapy Considerations of COVID-19 in the Post-Acute Setting” aired on April 18, 2020 and “COVID-19: Clinical Best Practices in Physical Therapy Management”, aired on March 28, 2020.