As a measure against the aftereffects of patients who have become severely ill with the new corona virus, it is recommended to start rehabilitation while in the intensive care unit. More than 40% of the respondents concluded that such early rehabilitation had not been performed.
For patients who are treated with a new coronavirus such as a respirator or ECMO = heart-lung machine, the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine recommends starting rehabilitation such as moving limbs while in the intensive care unit as a measure against sequelae. doing.
From July to September last year, a group such as the Japanese Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation Society conducted a questionnaire survey of about 1000 medical institutions nationwide regarding the implementation status of such rehabilitation, and received responses from 288 medical institutions. ..
As a result, 44.1% of the 118 institutions that treated ventilators and ECMO answered that they did not rehabilitate their patients.
Regarding the reason,
38.5% of the respondents answered that they did not plan to rehabilitate patients with the new coronavirus,
and 17.3% answered that they did not have specialized staff who could perform rehabilitation.
According to the group, the pathophysiology of the new coronavirus is not well understood, and many facilities are hesitant to rehabilitate.
Expert "Need rehabilitation guidelines for the new coronavirus"
Kazuo Chen, a professor at Kyoto University who conducted the survey, said, "There was a shortage of rehabilitation staff, and the result was that medical institutions were suffering. In the future, we need rehabilitation guidelines for the new coronavirus." I will.