Abstract
This document outlines respiratory physiotherapy for COVID-19 in the hospital care. It includes physiotherapy screening, planning and implementing in the acute care setting caring for adult patients with suspected and/or confirmed COVID-19. Airway management of patients with COVID-19 is very essential and aimed to develop chest physiotherapy principles for airway management of patients with COVID-19 to encourage safe, accurate and better performance. This consensus statement has been brought together at short notice to advise on airway management for patients with COVID-19, drawing on published literature and immediately available information from clinicians and experts.
Keywords: Corona virus, covid19, chest physiotherapy, rehabilitation.
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Corresponding Author
E.Chandramouli
Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Rajah Muthiah Medical College and Hospital, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu, India
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v8i7.96
