Ecmo Patients. 

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After a period of Immobilization if individual attempts to sit or stand there is a marked pooling of blood in the lower extremities causing a decrease in circulating blood volume

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Tilting the patient improves lung function and the ability to clear the lungs of mucus.

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Transplant patients sometimes wait a long time for surgery and have a tough time recovering making mobility sometimes hard.

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Prolonged Immobility has significant and long-term negative health consequences in physical psychomotor and quality of life domains.

Covid Patients Suffer in so many ways that being upright helps.  We expect the Long Term effects to be substantial.  Studies are showing promise so far. 

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