{"id":2217,"date":"2021-05-06T09:46:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T16:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=2217"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T21:14:00","slug":"improving-lung-capacity-pre-and-post-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/2021\/05\/06\/improving-lung-capacity-pre-and-post-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Improving Lung Capacity Pre- and Post-COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"2217\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&#8220;For many patients admitted to the hospital with\u00a0COVID-19, surviving the virus is only half of the battle. Once deemed virus-free and ready to be sent home, the often-long road to recovery \u2013 including rebuilding lung capacity and overall respiratory health \u2013 begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two\u00a0Cedars-Sinai\u00a0respiratory therapists explain what roadblocks these hospital-admitted patients face when it comes to lung health and offer tips for non-patients looking to improve their overall respiratory health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPatients with COVID-19 tend to be sicker for much longer than other patients with respiratory-related illnesses and, on average, stay on a ventilator for a longer duration,\u201d said Dagoberto Naranjo, RRT, a respiratory therapist in the Department of Respiratory Therapy at Cedars-Sinai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These ventilated patients also take longer to react, or benefit from, oxygenation efforts, according to Naranjo.&#8221;<br><br>Read full article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cedars-sinai.org\/newsroom\/improving-lung-capacity-pre--and-post-covid-19\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"2217\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"1\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading &#8220;For many patients admitted to the hospital with\u00a0COVID-19, surviving the virus is only half of the battle. 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