Orthostatic plate in Intensive Therapy Units of São Paulo city: DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.20102225229
Immobilization and prolonged internment of the critical patient in Intensive Therapy Units (ITU) may have adverse effects.The orthostatic plate may be a resource for early recovery of functional variables of critical patients in ITU; that therapeutic measureis frequently used in other countries. No...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Centro Universitário São Camilo |
| Repositorio: | O Mundo da Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs3.revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br:article/628 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistamundodasaude.emnuvens.com.br/mundodasaude/article/view/628 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Prancha ortostática. Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Reabilitação. Orthostatic plate. Intensive Therapy Units. Rehabilitation. |
| Sumario: | Immobilization and prolonged internment of the critical patient in Intensive Therapy Units (ITU) may have adverse effects.The orthostatic plate may be a resource for early recovery of functional variables of critical patients in ITU; that therapeutic measureis frequently used in other countries. No data exist in Brazil about the availability of this equipment in ITUs or about its frequency ofuse. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of use of the orthostatic plate in ITUs of São Paulo private, public and nonprofit hospitals. This is a transversal study using semi-structured questionnaire for data collection. 182 institutions were asked to takepart in the evaluation, 70 hospitals were included and 15 (21.42%) of the evaluated hospitals answered the questionnaire; 3 (20%) ofthem had an orthostatic plate, but no one used it as a routine therapeutic resource in Intensive Therapy Units. Most hospitals do nothave the plate; from the 3 hospitals that reported to have the equipment, only one uses the plate in the ITU. |
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