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Article: Physical Therapy for a Patient in Acute Respiratory Failure.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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This case report highlights the potential role and contributions of 24-hour access to physical therapy by patients who have acute respiratory failure.
Physical therapy may be indicated for patients in the intensive care setting when they have retained secretions and radiological evidence of atelectasis or infiltrate, or as prophylaxis in conditions such as acute head injury and smoke inhalation.[1] Physical therapy interventions include postural drainage, breathing exercises, percussion, vibration, manual hyperinflation, coughing, huffing, and suction. Body positioning, which primarily aims to optimize ventilation-perfusion ratios, and mobilization and exercise ...