COVID-19
Conditions
Keywords
physical therapy, covid, mechanical ventilation
Brief summary
Retrospective cohort study that will include patients from the ICU of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona during the period between March 11 and May 13, 2020. The cohorts are made up of two groups of patients admitted for severe COVID during the first wave, according to whether or not they received physiotherapy and the possible impact of physiotherapy on the days of mechanical ventilation in the two study groups will be studied.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients diagnosed with COVID-19 in critical condition * Adults \>18 years * Admission to the ICU from March 11 to May 13, 2020
Exclusion criteria
* Patients readmitted on 2 occasions during the study period, the second will be omitted income.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Days of mechanical ventilation | 2 months | To evaluate the effectiveness of early physiotherapy in critically ill patients with COVID-19 admitted to the ICU in terms of reducing days of mechanical ventilation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess morbidity and mortality. | 2 months | Assess morbidity and mortality. |
| Assess the comorbidities of patients admitted for COVID-19 in critical condition | 2 months | Assess the comorbidities of patients admitted for COVID-19 in critical condition |
| days of stay | 2 months | Evaluate the days of stay in the ICU |
| Start of standing in critrically ill | 2 months | To evaluate the start of standing (BP) in critically ill patients infected with COVID-19 who underwent FST. |
| Workload in physiotherapy | 2 months | To assess the workload of the cohort of patients who underwent physiotherapy during the first wave of COVID-19. |
| PNS lesion in prono position | 2 months | To know if there is a greater risk of suffering a PNS lesion the more rounds of pronation |
Countries
Spain