Efficacy of Early Rehabilitation of Post COVID-19 Survivors - Single Center Experience-Session Presentation

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The presentation discussed the efficacy of early inpatient rehabilitation of post-COVID-19 survivors. The presenters shared data from their own center retrospective analysis, focusing on patients with primary pulmonary manifestations and patients with other rehab diagnoses. The analysis included demographic information, comorbidities, functional outcomes, length of hospital stay, and longer-term outcomes. In the primary pulmonary group, patients showed significant functional gains across physical therapy, occupational therapy, and cognitive support. The majority of these patients were discharged home, demonstrating good recovery. The patients who required mechanical ventilation had similar comorbidities but had a slightly higher rate of acute transfers and discharges to skilled nursing facilities. The analysis also found that patients with other rehab diagnoses had lower functional scores compared to impairment-matched control groups, highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on rehabilitation outcomes. Longer-term follow-up showed that most patients had mild cognitive impairment and wide variation in health-related quality of life scores. Overall, the data from this study emphasized the importance of early inpatient rehabilitation for post-COVID-19 survivors and highlighted the need for further research on longer-term outcomes.

Keywords

early inpatient rehabilitation

post-COVID-19 survivors

primary pulmonary manifestations

rehab diagnoses

functional outcomes

length of hospital stay

longer-term outcomes

mechanical ventilation

cognitive impairment