Effects of rapid chest compression technique on intracranial and cerebral perfusion pressures in acute neurocritical patients: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some studies refer to the increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) with chest physiotherapy techniques but without any randomized controlled trials that evaluate the safety of the manual rapid chest compression technique in patients with severe acute brain injuries on invasive mechanical ventilation. Our research question examines whether intracranial and cerebral perfusion pressures significantly change during rapid chest compression technique.

Methods

A prospective, randomized, single-blinded controlled trial of acute neurocritical patients under mechanical ventilation was performed. The intervention group was subjected to rapid chest compression, and the control group received mechanical passive inferior limbs mobilization. The outcomes were intracranial pressur

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues-Gomes RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12020190 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature