physiotherapy

[fiz″e-o-ther´ah-pe]

chest physiotherapy

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as assisting the patient to move airway secretions from peripheral airways to more central airways for expectorating and/or suctioning.

chest phys·ic·al ther·a·py

(CPT) (chestfiz'i-kăl thār'ă-pē)

A type of respiratory care performed to promote coughing and the removal of lung secretions through percussion (clapping) and vibration on the affected areas, postural drainage, and breathing exercises; usually contraindicated in persons with bleeding abnormalities, anticoagulant therapy, chest and/or head/neck trauma, recent myocardial infarctions, or pacemaker insertion.
Synonym(s): chest physiotherapy, pulmonary rehabilitation, pulmonary toileting.

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Condie E, Hack K, Ross A (1993) An investigation of the value of routine provision of postoperative chest physiotherapy in non-smoking patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery.

The physiotherapy management of patients undergoing abdominal surgery

Chest physiotherapy is often used to help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, elderly people who have recently had major surgery, and children with the inherited disorder cystic fibrosis.

Chest physiotherapy you can do at home; what's this technique?

Changes in intracranial pressure associated with chest physiotherapy. Neurocritical Care, 6, 100-103.

Evidence to guide nursing interventions for critically III neurologically impaired patients with ICP monitoring

The mechanism by which percussive chest physiotherapy modalities enhance airway clearance is not known.

Vest chest physiotherapy airway clearance is associated with nitric oxide metabolism

Chest optimization is systematic administration of evidence-based protocol-guided (see Appendix, available online only) multimodal chest physiotherapy to ventilator-dependent patients with low tetraplegia.

Trendelenburg chest optimization prolongs spontaneous breathing trials in ventilator-dependent patients with low cervical spinal cord injury

In hospitals physiotherapists are needed in almost every department from outpatients to intensive care where chest physiotherapy can be vital to keep unconscious patients breathing.

More than hands on; When mobility becomes a problem, physiotherapy is vital for living a comfortable life. LUCY MASON learns the tricks of the trade

Clement AJ, Hubsch SK (1968) Chest physiotherapy by the 'bag squeezing' method: a guide to the technique.

Hyperinflation using pressure support ventilation improves secretion clearance and respiratory mechanics in ventilated patients with pulmonary infection: a randomised crossover trial

They all need daily treatment including chest physiotherapy and inhalations.

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We describe three patients in whom TAP blocks were used in our intensive care unit (ICU) to provide effective analgesia and facilitate chest physiotherapy. The blocks were performed under local anaesthesia and were well tolerated by the patients.

Application of the transversus abdominis plane block in the intensive care unit

RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS EVALUATE, TREAT AND CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH BREATHING OR CARDIOPULMONARY DISORDERS and may use oxygen, oxygen mixtures, chest physiotherapy and aerosol medications.

Respiratory therapist

Lastly, we utilize chest physiotherapy to loosen and hopefully remove mucus secretions from obstructing airways.

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