Search Tag: physical therapy
2024 01 Oct
Physical therapy is essential for improving outcomes and quality of life in solid organ transplant patients. This paper outlines the fundamental principles ("ABCs") of physical therapy, focusing on evidence-based practices and pre- and post-transplant care to guide healthcare professionals in optimising recovery. Introduction...Read more
2016 08 Nov
An international group of experts has proposed a framework for physical therapy for critical illness survivor following discharge from hospital. The framework covers a continuum of rehabilitation across all phases of post-ICU recovery. It includes consensus recommendations on essential discharge information, goals, a core outcomes set and physical...Read more
2016 28 Jun
A randomised, assessor-blinded trial of standardised rehabilitation therapy (SRT) for patients with acute respiratory failure in a single ICU found that SRT did not affect hospital length of stay. The study, performed at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina, USA, is published in JAMA . Lead author Peter E. Morris, MD , of the University...Read more
2015 13 Jan
According to a Johns Hopkins Medicine-led study, quality improvement processes for delivering early physical rehabilitation in an intensive care unit (ICU) that were sustained during a five-year period resulted in improved patient outcomes. These processes spurred major changes in clinical practices for treating critically ill patients by encouraging...Read more
2014 14 Sep
Overcrowding is an ongoing concern across hospitals. When the number of patients requiring hospital admission exceeds the number of available department-allotted beds, patients are often placed in a different specialty's inpatient ward, a practice known as “bedspacing”. For example, patients admitted to the general internal medicine (GIM) service might be...Read more