School of Healthcare Sciences, United Kingdom
Perspective
Is COVID-19 an Invitation to Reconfigure or Reinvent Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service Delivery?
Author(s): Shakila Devi Perumal*
The Outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic demanded a swift reconfiguration of
healthcare delivery to mitigate the associated risk and case-fatality. Patients
with chronic respiratory disease (CRD) were at higher risk with residual
“multiorgan” manifestations of COVID -19. Post-COVID rehabilitation is on
high demand to alleviate symptoms and reduce mortality in patients with
chronic respiratory disease (CRD). Pulmonary rehabilitation is endorsed as
an integrative management, an essential component of respiratory medicine
for CRD. However, COVID -19 pandemic has sparked many controversies and
challenges on the pulmonary rehabilitation service delivery around the world.
This article explores perspectives and action strategies for an agile pulmonary
rehabilitation service in the era of COVID-19... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-1079.20.10.356
