Perry:
I don't know about specific evidence -based study on chest physiotherapy in
ICU. But the chief of the Service must know that "mortality rate and length
of stay of the patients" are erroneus outcome in this case: those are
multirelated variables. It's more adequate to consider outcomes like
"incidence of pulmonary infections/complications; reintubations".
Good luck.
Lic. GABRIEL CONVERSO
UN Buenos Aires, Argentina
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> De: TSANG Kwai-shing <[log in to unmask]>
> A: [log in to unmask]
> Asunto: Chest Physiotherapy for critical care
> Fecha: Lunes 28 de Diciembre de 1998 5:07 AM
>
> 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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