Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2021 , Vol 67 , Num 2

Pulmonary rehabilitation principles in SARS-COV-2 infection (COVID-19): The revised guideline for the acute, subacute, and post-COVID-19 rehabilitation

Yeşim Kurtaiş Aytür 1 ,Belma Füsun Köseoglu 2 ,Özden Özyemişci Taşkıran 3 ,Nilüfer Kutay Ordu Gökkaya 4 ,Sibel Ünsal Delialioğlu 4 ,Birkan Sonel Tur 1 ,Selda Sarıkaya 5 ,Hülya Şirzai 6 ,Tülay Tekdemir Tiftik 4 ,Ebru Alemdaroglu 4 ,Fikriye Figen Ayhan 7 ,Burcu Duyur Çakıt 8 ,Aysun Genç 1 ,İbrahim Gündoğdu 9 ,Rengin Güzel 10 ,Derya Demirbağ Kabayel 11 ,Başak Bilir Kaya 12 ,Öznur Öken 13 ,Hande Özdemir 11 ,Feray Soyupek 14 ,Canan Tıkız 15
1 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
2 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, TOBB University of Economy and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Koç University, School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
4 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, University of Health Sciences, Ankara City Hospital Health Application and Research Center, Ankara, Turkey
5 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey
6 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Private Liv Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
7 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Atılım University, School of Medicine, Medicana International Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
8 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane School of Medicine, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
9 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, University of Health Sciences, Gülhane School of Medicine, Ankara Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
10 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana, Turkey
11 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Trakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey
12 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health, Erenköy Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
13 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Liv Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
14 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Isparta Süleyman Demirel University, School of Medicine, Isparta, Turkey
15 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Manisa Celal Bayar University, School of Medicine, Manisa, Turkey
DOI : 10.5606/tftrd.2021.8821 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection disease, which may cause respiratory, physical, psychological, and generalized systemic dysfunction. The severity of disease ranges from an asymptomatic infection or mild illness to mild or severe pneumonia with respiratory failure and/or death. COVID-19 dramatically affects the pulmonary system. This clinical practice guideline includes pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) recommendations for adult COVID-19 patients and has been developed in the light of the guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 provided by the World Health Organization and Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, recently published scientific literature, and PR recommendations for COVID-19 regarding basic principles of PR. This national guideline provides suggestions regarding the PR methods during the clinical stages of COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 with its possible benefits, contraindications, and disadvantages. Keywords : COVID-19, guideline, post-COVID-19, pulmonary rehabilitation, severe acute respiratory syndrome