Effectiveness of Pulmonary Rehabilitation among COVID-19 Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Sameer Badri Al-MhannaMahaneem Mohamed Norhayati Mohd Noor Hafeez Abiola Afolabi Ahmad Adebayo Irekeola Kizito Eneye Bello Monira I AldhahiWan Syaheedah Wan Ghazali

Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an effective adjuvant therapy that minimizes COVID-19 severity in the intervention group compared to the conventional treatment. The findings of this study will need to be considered in the framework of the clinical outcome as observed in the intervention outcome. Additionally, safer data on guideline rehabilitation would be needed to examine whether pulmonary rehabilitation would be a fruitful intervention to reduce COVID-19 severity.

Keyphrases

randomized controlled trial
sars cov
pulmonary hypertension
coronavirus disease
systematic review
electronic health record
machine learning
replacement therapy
smoking cessation