Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Patients with Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19 at the Ambulatory Stage

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Abstract

Lung damage caused by the SARS-COV-2 virus is a serious obstacle to recovery in patients with COVID-19-associated pneumonia. Th e treatment of post-COVID-19 syndrome is currently a signifi cant problem in world health care. Th erefore, pulmonary rehabilitation is important at all stages of the disease. Th e article presents programs of restorative treatment, such as physiotherapy, haloinhalation, exercise therapy and hyperbaric oxygenation. Th eir infl uence on the indicators of the function of external respiration, on blood tests, CT, pulse oximetry, and on the assessment of dyspnea according to the mMRS questionnaire was considered. It is known that with coronavirus infection, diff use alveolar damage develops, which can lead to a violation of the diff usion capacity of the lungs (DSL). Th e article discusses the eff ect of hyperbaric oxygenation on DSL indicators.

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The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].

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