A produção do conhecimento sobre a atuação da fisioterapia em pacientes com COVID- 19 no tratamento respiratório: uma revisão integrativa.

Abstract

The disease caused by the new coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2, an infection that compromises and causes disorders in the respiratory system, was first identified in Hubei province in the city of Wuham/China, at the end of 2019, being declared by the Organization Health World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since the discovery of the virus, the role of the physiotherapist who works in the prevention and rehabilitation of respiratory deficiencies and in the functional limitations of daily activities caused by it has been highlighted. This professional works in the recovery of such skills, having therapeutic exercise and ventilatory support as their main work tool. In light of the above, this study tends to show the importance of physical therapists in restoring the health of patients and also the need to promote the return to full functionality of patients cured of COVID-19 who had respiratory problems. This is an integrative, qualitative review, in which publications were raised on the theme "physiotherapy in respiratory treatment" with an emphasis on "covid-19", disseminated in internet databases, ScientificElectronic Library Online (SciELO) , Latin American and Caribbean Literature (LILACS), United States National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE) from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021. 76 articles were identified from the selected descriptors and using the exclusion criteria, 70 of these were eliminated. Thus, the study sample had 6 articles. The results presented are statistically significant and have been reducing the signs of respiratory distress, showing patients an effective improvement. The role of physiotherapy services is to treat the patients' general functional level while taking respiratory symptoms into account. In this review, it was possible to identify which treatments and care techniques were offered to patients who had severe complications from covid-19 and the propaedeutics offered by physical therapy professionals.