Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 should receive rehabilitation at/around the bedside (critical care and/or ward based), until safe for discharge to the home environment. Prior to hospital discharge, hospitalised patients with COVID-19 should have an assessment of oxygen requirements at rest and during exertion. Patients with COVID-19 should be encouraged to do regular daily activities in the first 6–8 weeks after hospital discharge. Patients with COVID-19 should be encouraged to do low-/moderate-intensity physical exercise at home (rather than high-intensity physical exercise) in the first 6–8 weeks after hospital discharge, if a formal exercise assessment with measures of exertional desaturation has not been conducted. Patients with COVID-19 should have a formal assessment of physical and emotional functioning at 6–8 weeks following discharge, to identify unmet rehabilitation needs. Follow-up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include the core outcomes set for survivors of acute respiratory failure at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge. Follow-up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include measures of respiratory function at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge. Follow-up of a hospitalised patient with COVID-19 should include measures of exercise capacity at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge. COVID-19 survivors with a need for rehabilitative interventions at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge (e.g. multiple treatable traits) should receive a comprehensive rehabilitation programme, compared to no rehabilitation programme. COVID-19 survivors with pre-existing/ongoing lung function impairment at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation programme consistent with established international standards, compared to no pulmonary rehabilitation programme. COVID-19 survivors with loss of lower-limb muscle mass and/or function at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive a muscle strengthening programme, rather than no strengthening programme. COVID-19 survivors with loss of lower-limb muscle mass at 6–8 weeks following hospital discharge should receive nutritional support rather than no nutritional support. COVID-19 survivors with symptoms of psychological distress (assessed using questionnaires) at 6–8 weeks after discharge from the hospital should receive a formal psychological assessment.
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