Acute Care Management of a Patient with Multiple Trauma
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Early acute care rehabilitation initiated on the Intensive Care Unit has a positive effect on patient's functional status, muscle strength, mechanical ventilation duration, walking ability at discharge, and health quality of life.[1]Patients with multiple trauma must often overcome the effects of the use of mechanical ventilation, administration of drugs, sedatives, analgesics, and drugs to control their anxiety and agitation. [1]The secondary complications may include joint contractures, thromboembolism, pressure ulcers, pneumonia, difficulties with weaning off the ventilator, delirium, and development of disabilities. [1]There is a social impact of a prolonged hospitalisation with increased days without income, inability to provide for family and inability to fulfill previously established social roles. This article provides an overview for the the
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arias-Fernández P, Romero-Martin M, Gómez-Salgado J, Fernández-García D. Rehabilitation and early mobilization in the critical patient: systematic review. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Sep;30(9):1193-1201.
