Case Series
Year: 2021 | Month: May | Volume: 11 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 219-225
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210535
Physiotherapy Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection in a Tertiary Care Setup- A Case Series
Gauri Wakde1, Prajakta Patil2, Sumit Jadhav3, Zahara Polen4, Pranali Shamkure5
1MPT Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Physiotherapy, Narhe, Pune, India.
2Professor and HOD, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Physiotherapy, Narhe, Pune, India.
3Postgraduate Student, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Physiotherapy, Narhe, Pune, India.
4Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Physiotherapy, Narhe, Pune, India.
5MPT Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiotherapy, Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Physiotherapy, Narhe, Pune, India.
Corresponding Author: Gauri Wakde
ABSTRACT
The entire world is currently in the clutches of COVID 19. COVID-19 has led to major health crises in the world. Inadequate hospital facilities, shortage of medications, constantly rising cases and increasing death rates have created fear and panic amongst the people. Patients having comorbidities develop more severe form of disease and require longer time for recovery. This case series highlights the patients with comorbidities who represented moderate to severe infection. However Physiotherapy interventions right from the beginning along with medical management resulted in remarkable recovery of the patients. This proves the vital role of physiotherapy in COVID 19. Such positive outcomes appeal including physiotherapy along with medical management for every patient with COVID 19.
Key words: COVID 19, Coronavirus, Case series, Comorbidities, moderate to severe symptoms, physiotherapy.