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...]Physiotherapy assessment commences once the patient is medically stable. In view of the complexity of many patients with traumatic brain injury, the as ...of consciousness the individual has before commencing assessment, and bear in mind the following:

...they can also be related to inadequate access to health care and follow-up in emergency situations. Being able to recognise and mitigate for these risks ...include [[Diabetes Mellitus Type 2|diabetes]] , older age and smoking, but in disaster and conflict settings, the following types of injuries and conditi

...1967 in Cape Town, South Africa. Unfortunately, early operations resulted in problems such as infection and rejection, and heart recipients did not surv ...okorná E, Vitko S, Ekberg H. Medical-record review of potential donor pool in the Czech Republic suggests a possible increase to more than double the num

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...ly life and would benefit from rehabilitation services, which equates to 1 in 3 individuals requiring rehabilitation services throughout the course of th ...needs are concentrated amongst the poorest and most vulnerable populations in low- and middle-income countries and conflict-affected settings, which are

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...assessment of a patient is highly valuable to rehabilitation professionals in an emergency setting. It can save time by avoiding duplication later on, bu Whilst each profession, and in some cases each clinical condition, may have their own specific assessment

...ere a role for the Girdlestone resection arthroplasty in modern orthopedic trauma surgery? Case series from a medically underserved region and literature rev The first documented surgery of this kind, in 1928, involved radical excision of the femoral head and neck to drain the t

..., Fabara SP. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402869/ Locked-in syndrome: A systematic review of long-term management and prognosis.] Cureu ...hagen KS. [https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/4/e023185 Locked-in syndrome] in Sweden, an explorative study of persons who underwent rehabilitation: a coh

...this change reflects better medical provision in higher-income countries, in many low-income countries and disaster and conflict settings this situation ...acute phase, respiratory management and prevention of infections are vital in reducing morbidity and mortality.<ref name=":1" />

...García-Vences E. Rehabilitation Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury Patients. In: Arias, J. J. A. I. , Ramos, C. A. C. , editors. Paraplegia [Internet]. Lon ...ink.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13311-018-0632-5.pdf Clinical trials in traumatic spinal cord injury. Neurotherapeutics]. 2018 Jul;15(3):654-68.</r

...the patient's long-term goals and align therapy to these objectives. This, in turn, enhances patient engagement with the treatment plan. ...m helps to streamline subsequent assessments and facilitates continuity of care, both during rehabilitation and upon transition to community settings. This

...from acute respiratory failure: results of a Delphi process.] Monaldi Arch Chest Dis [Internet]. 2020 Jun.23;90(2). Available from: <nowiki>https://www.mona ...from early research that these patients will be in need of rehabilitation in all phases of the disease - acute, post-acute and long-term.

...php?pid=S1015-51632020000100018&script=sci_arttext&tlng=es Cyriax syndrome in a young male professional soccer player: A case report.] South African Jour ...port of an iatrogenic result following video-assisted thoracic surgery and chest tube placement.] Pain Management. 2021 May;11(5):555-9.</ref>

...nce abuse or behavioural issue. This article will focus on rehabilitation in a health context. == Rehabilitation in a Health Setting ==

...pright position - it is characterized by a dramatic and excessive increase in heart rate. POTS is theorized to be due to an autonomic dysregulation regul ...-10 times as common as [[Orthostatic Hypotension|orthostatic hypotension]] in clinical practice. Some studies have indicated estimates of as much as 170/

...occur in the WHO African and South-East Asia regions. Burn injuries occur in all genders, however females have slightly higher rates of death as compare For a list of wound care terminology, please see [https://www.physio-pedia.com/Wound_Care_Terminolog

...than men during both waking and sleeping periods, by an average of 10 bpm in young adults<ref name=":1" />.  ...rically connect the SA node to the right atrium and play an important role in regulating the SA node automaticity, thus the maintenance of the HR<ref nam

...e (COVID-19)|Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)]], caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a single-stranded ribonucleic acid ...patient, rather than ‘airborne spread’ (in which smaller particles remain in the air longer).

...te Care. Pre-operative physiotherapy. AustPAR. Australian Physiotherapists in Amputee Rehabilitation. Available from http://www.austpar.com/portals/acute ...thesis on the first side would facilitate independent transfers and safety in sitting.