Rapid chest compression effects on intracranial pressure in patients with acute cerebral injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with acute brain injury often require invasive mechanical ventilation, increasing the risk of developing complications such as respiratory secretions retention. Rapid chest compression is a manual chest physiotherapy technique that aims to improve clearance of secretions in these patients. However, the rapid chest compression technique has been suggested to be associated with increased intracranial pressure in patients with acute brain injury. The aim of this work is to elucidate the effects of the technique on intracranial pressure in mechanically ventilated patients with acute brain injury. Furthermore, the effects of the technique in different volumes and flows recorded by the ventilator and the relationship between the pressure applied in the intervention gr

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues-Gomes RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9012060 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature