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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2007

01-12-2007 | Correspondence

Physiotherapy in critical care

Author: Rachel Garrod

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2007

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Sir: Physiotherapy research is lacking, particularly with reference to acute respiratory care. It is within this context then, and on behalf of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC), that I make the following comments concerning a recent article by Templeton et al. [1]. …
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1.
Templeton M, Palazzo MG (2007) Chest physiotherapy prolongs duration of ventilation in the critically ill ventilated for more than 48 hours. Intensive Care Med DOI 10.​1007/​s00134-007-0762-4
2.
Ntoumenopoulos G, Presneill JJ, McElholum M, Cade JF (2002) Chest physiotherapy for the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Intensive Care Med 28:850–856PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Physiotherapy in critical care
Author
Rachel Garrod
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0891-9

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