Feasibility of sit training for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia during deep sedation: A case report.

Tokio KinoshitaYasunori UmemotoYoshinori YasuokaTatsuya YoshikawaKen KoudaShinnosuke HoriYukio MikamiYukihide NishimuraKyohei MiyamotoSeiya KatoFumihiro Tajima

Published in: Medicine (2021)

The patient eventually died of pneumonia due to COVID-19. However, sitting during deep sedation with muscle relaxants did not cause any serious adverse events nor did it appear to cause obvious negative respiratory effects.

Keyphrases

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