Hospital da Luz has now available a specific medical follow-up of people who had COVID-19 , no longer at risk of contagion, to identify whether there are disease sequelae that can be targeted with rehabilitation. This medical follow-up is initiated in presential consultation or in videoconsultation of Pulmonology , after the phone triage carried out by LUZ 24. It is already clear that: Up to two thirds of adults with non-severe COVID-19 have complains for periods up to 2 months after the infection, mainly loss of smell and loss of taste, shortness of breath and weakness; The medical follow-up of patients between 6 to 8 weeks after the acute infection seems to be the ideal time to assess potential impacts and rehabilitation needs; The advantage of detecting this type of sequelae is, above all, being able to refer patients early to respiratory rehabilitation programs (physiotherapy or other), which have shown great efficacy in recovery. The follow-up after COVID-19 in the Hospital da Luz network is scheduled after a nursing phone triage carried out by LUZ 24 . During the triage, the LUZ 24 nurses ask for some information about the disease and give indications about subsequent follow-up. The first medical evaluation will then be scheduled, in a Pulmonology videoconsultation or a presential Pulmonology consultation , depending on the preferences of the client and on the results of LUZ 24 triage. Pulmonology specialists are responsible for the first medical evaluation and the organization of the monitoring and rehabilitation interventions that the client needs, working with a multidisciplinary team which includes Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Neurology, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Otorhinolaryngology physicians. To start your follow-up COVID-19, call LUZ 24 ( 217 104 424 ).
