Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi. 2020 Mar 12;43(3):180-182. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2020.03.007.
[Pulmonary rehabilitation guidelines in the principle of 4S for patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV)].


[Article in Chinese; Abstract available in Chinese from the publisher]

Yang F1, Liu N, Hu JY, Wu LL, Su GS, Zhong NS, Zheng ZG.

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Abstract

in English, Chinese
A recent epidemic of pneumonia cases in Wuhan China was caused by a novel coronavirus with strong infectivity, the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The article provides the pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) methods in the principle of 4S (simple, safe, satisfy, save) for patients with pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, shows how to establish a ventilative and convectional PR environment to prevent the spread of virus through droplets, how to guide the patients to carry out PR, how to carry out respiratory muscle training, effective cough, expectoration, sneeze, general exercise, digestive function rehabilitation and psychological rehabilitation, and how to clean and disinfect the PR environment.



KEYWORDS:

2019 novel coronavirus; Pneumonia; Pulmonary rehabilitation


PMID:32164083DOI:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1001-0939.2020.03.007