Contribuições das áreas: Farmácia, Fisioterapia e Psicologia aos pacientes internados em UTIs por COVID-19

Abstract

Introduction: With the spread of COVID-19, hospitals needed to adapt to the high number of hospitalizations in a short period, especially in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). In order to offer better care, the multidisciplinary team needs to identify the main demands of patients. Purpouse: To analyze the contributions of pharmacy, physiotherapy and psychology to patients with COVID-19 in hospital ICUs. Method: An integrative review was carried out in the databases PubMed, EBSCO, LILACS and SciELO, from March to April 2020, in the languages of Portuguese and English. Results: In the Pharmacy, the complexity of the existing pharmacotherapy for COVID-19 was observed, showing weakness and greater need for clinical monitoring of the patient to verify the effectiveness of the proposed treatment. In Physiotherapy, ventilation protocols are presented for patients with COVID-19 and early mobilization to reduce the deleterious effects of hospitalization. In Psychology, in turn, the context of ICU hospitalization due to COVID-19 can generate relevant emotional changes in patients. Conclusions: With adequate knowledge and work aimed at patients admitted to ICUs by COVID-19, it was possible to verify relevant contributions from the areas of Pharmacy, Physiotherapy and Psychology that aimed at quality of life and well-being of the patient.