A new review highlights future pulmonary rehabilitation programs for patients with symptoms after COVID-19 and identifies key factors including feasibility, current pulmonary rehabilitation capacity and resource constraints.
“Given that acute COVID-19 frequently includes respiratory complications, and the prevalence of post-COVID respiratory symptoms, many suggest that participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation program may be appropriate for COVID-19 survivors,” Lesley J.J. Soril, MSc, assistant scientific director of the medicine strategic clinical network at Alberta Health