Department of Rehabilitation, Bosher, Sultanate of Oman
Case Report
Effect of Physiotherapy Intervention on Covid-19 Patients with Comorbidities
Author(s): Al Waheibi S, Al Sulami N, Thambi A, and Al Tou
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is a new virus linked to the same family of viruses as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Concern has aroused regarding association between increased risk of complication and death among COVID-19 patients with underlying diseases.
Objective: To highlight the effect of physiotherapy intervention on function performance of COVID 19 inpatient with comorbidities.
Case presentation: Sixty one years old, male with past medical history of hypertension (HTN), diabetes millets (DM), ischemic heart disease (IHD). In addition, there was history of angioplasty 10 years ago in India. On 24 June 2020, he was admitted with tachypnea and fever and found to be COVID positive in AL Nahada Hospital. He was intubated due to desaturation to 60% despite being on 15L oxygen in non-re.. Read More»
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