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Physiotherapists on the COVID-19 ICU frontline – Monash Lens – Monash Lens

“I’ve got some great things to tell you!” says Monash University’s Professor Carol Hodgson, a leading researcher on the effects of intensive care, or ICU. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a huge surge of patients with the deadly virus into ICUs acr…

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Ive got some great things to tell you! says Monash Universitys Professor Carol Hodgson, a leading researcher on the effects of intensive care, or ICU. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a huge surge of patients with the deadly virus into ICUs across the world, on ventilation. Then, for those she calls ICU survivors, the rehabilitation begins.
We know COVID-19 patients on mechanical spend a little longer in ICU than people with other influenzas, she says. The duration in ICU is longer, and they may …

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