Protocol for Functional Assessment of Adults and Older Adults after Hospitalization for COVID-19
Caroline Gil de Godoy, Érika Christina Gouveia e Silva, Danielle Brancolini de Oliveira, Amislaine Cristina Gambeta, Elizabeth Mendes da Silva, Camila Machado de Campos, Ana Carolina Basso Schmitt, Celso Ricardo Fernandes Carvalho, Carolina Fu, Clarice Tanaka, Naomi Kondo Nakagawa, Carlos Toufen, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, Keith Hill, José Eduardo Pompeu
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INTRODUCTION The novel coronavirus, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19), was first reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in late December 2019. In January 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 as a public health emergency of international concern (). As of March 27, 2021, which was one year after the first case was reported, COVID-19 has already affected 126,726,672 people worldwide and has caused 2,777,337 deaths (). COVID-19 affects all age groups and [...]