TSANG Kwai-shing wrote:
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> Hi, everone. This is Perry Tang speaking from Princess Margaret
> Hospital, Hong Kong.
>
> We are facing a problem related to our chest physiotherpy service to
> patients in Intensive Care Unit. We have one doctor who is the Chief of
> Service of ICU questioning the effectiveness of chest physiotherapy to
> critical care patients and decrease his referral to us due to costing
> and budget cutting.
>
> Did anybody knows if there is any evidence-based study of the
> effectiveness of performing chest physiotherapeutic techniques to
> patients of critical care? The outcomes study of the doctor's concern is
> only mortality rate and length of stay of the patients.
>
> Regards,
> Perry Tang
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Dear Perry,
Chest Physical Therapy in the ICU by Mc Kenzie and Ciesla might be a
good start.( Publisher - William and Wilkins )
Please e -mail me at [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] if I
can be of any more help.
Nazir Ahmed P.T.
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