Background and Purpose: Muscle training represents an important aspect of pulmonary rehabilitation in critically ill patients; it allows facilitating weaning process and helps patients to obtain their maximal functional capacities. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of mechanically ventilated respiratory failure patients to respiratory muscle training. Methodology: Forty mech...

COVID-19, also commonly known as coronavirus, is presently declared a pandemic disease by the World Health Organisation (WHO). This transmitted close contact with infected patients who are either asymptomatic or symptomatic. About 5% of COVID-19 admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and present pneumonia acute respiratory distress syndrome. Chest physiotherapy may be provided some in ICU broadl...

At the beginning of this century, paediatrics was an art. Skills were learnt from a mentor, picking up tips and anecdotes while standing at your master’s side. Now, as practitioners of child health in the final years of this same century, life has changed. Anecdote and word of mouth have lost credibility and are replaced by scientific scrutiny and the rigour of evidence from carefully controlle...

OBJECTIVE Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are routinely used after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG), yet their effects have seldom been evaluated in randomized controlled settings. The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of a commonly used NSAID, naproxen. We hypothesized that naproxen would reduce postoperative pain following CABG without increasing com...

2000;118;1801-1813 Chest Kathy Stiller an Evidence-Based Practice Physiotherapy in Intensive Care : Towards http://chestjournal.org and services can be found online on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information ). ISSN: 0012-3692. http://www.chestjournal.org/misc/reprints.shtml ( of the copyright holder may be reproduced or distributed without the ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute lung injury is a lung pathology that presents frequently on the intensive care unit. Chest physiotherapy, in the form of endotracheal suction, alternate side-lying and manual hyperinflation, is usually given to patients with this condition with the intention of removing retained pulmonary secretions and recruiting collapsed distal lung units. Despite this common pra...

Chest physiotherapy is an essential part of the management of cystic fibrosis, yet comparatively few studies have investigated the commonly used forms of chest physiotherapy during acute respiratory exacerbations. Fifteen subjects with cystic fibrosis and predominantly mild pulmonary impairment completed a randomised cross-over trial with 24 hours between treatments. The active cycle of breathi...