Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR).

Lazzeri, Marta; Lanza, Andrea; Bellini, Raffaella; Bellofiore, Angela; Cecchetto, Simone; Colombo, Alessia; D'Abrosca, Francesco; Del Monaco, Cesare; Gaudiello, Giuseppe; Paneroni, Mara; Privitera, Emilia; Retucci, Mariangela; Rossi, Veronica; Santambrogio, Martina; Sommariva, Maurizio; Frigerio, Pamela

Respiratory physiotherapy in patients with COVID-19 infection in acute setting: a Position Paper of the Italian Association of Respiratory Physiotherapists (ARIR) On February 2020, Italy, especially the northern regions, was hit by an epidemic of the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus that spread from China between December 2019 and January 2020. The entire healthcare system had to respond promptly in a very short time to an exponential growth of the number of subjects affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) with the need of semi-intensive and intensive care units.