Safety and potential benefits of physical therapy in adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Scientific and technological advances, coupled with the work of multidisciplinary teams in intensive care units, have increased the survival of critically ill patients. An essential life support resource used in intensive care is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Despite the increased number of studies involving critically ill patients, few studies to date have demonstrated the safety and benefits of physical therapy combined with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. This review identified the clinical outcomes of physical therapy in adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support by searching the MEDLINE®, PEDro, Cochrane CENTRAL, LILACS, and EMBASE databases and by manually searching the references of the articles published until September 2017. The database sear

SUBMITTER: Ferreira DDC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649220 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature