Physiotherapy in critically ill patients

Prolonged stay in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) can cause muscle weakness, physical deconditioning, recurrent symptoms, mood alterations and poor quality of life.Physiotherapy is probably the only treatment likely to increase in the short- and long-term care of the patients admitted to these units. Reco...

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Main Authors: N. Ambrosino, N. Janah, G. Vagheggini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-11-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0873215911000687