Acute respiratory distress syndrome

Is physiotherapy ready for the management of COVID‐19 in Africa? – Snippets of anecdotal evidences in two African countries

“…Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common and often lethal clinical syndrome in CORVID-19 with a complex underlying pathophysiology (Hart & Black, 2019). Physiotherapy intervention in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was associated with saving lives (Chung & Mueller, 2011) and decreasing mortality (Munshi et al, 2017).…”