Feasibility and Safety of Active Physiotherapy in the Intensive Care Unit for Intubated Patients with Malignancy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Physiotherapy leads to improvements in critically ill patients who receive mechanical ventilation. However, cancer patients have not been included in previous studies on this subject. This study explored the feasibility and safety of physiotherapy in the intensive care unit for patients with malignancy.

Design

Observational prospective single-centre study, comparing cancer and control patients.

Patients

All consecutive patients admitted to the intensive care unit who needed invasive mechanical ventilation for more than 2 days with no contraindication to physiotherapy were included in the study.

Methods

The main outcome was the proportion of physiotherapy sessions at the prescribed level in each group.

Results

A total of 60 patients were includ

SUBMITTER: Gautheret N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9926923 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature