Acute Care Management of a Patient with Multiple Trauma
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Early acute care rehabilitation initiated on the Intensive Care Unit has a positive effect on patient's functional status, muscle strength, mechanical ventilation duration, walking ability at discharge, and health quality of life.[1]Patients with multiple trauma must often overcome the effects of the use of mechanical ventilation, administration of drugs, sedatives, analgesics, and drugs to control their anxiety and agitation. [1]The secondary complications may include joint contractures, thromboembolism, pressure ulcers, pneumonia, difficulties with weaning off the ventilator, delirium, and development of disabilities. [1]There is a social impact of a prolonged hospitalisation with increased days without income, inability to provide for family and inability to fulfill previously established social roles. This article provides an overview of the multiple systems assessment of a patient with a complex injury
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arias-Fernández P, Romero-Martin M, Gómez-Salgado J, Fernández-García D. Rehabilitation and early mobilization in the critical patient: systematic review. J Phys Ther Sci. 2018 Sep;30(9):1193-1201.
