Optimization of early rehabilitation of patients undergoing cardio-surgical interventions – first-hand experiences
Journal Title: Rehabilitacja Medyczna - Year 2005, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
In this article, authors wish to share their experiences in work with the patients after cardio-thoracic surgery. Consecutive stages of early hospital rehabilitation and applied methods of therapeutic conduct have been described in detail. There are two main stages in cardio-surgical physiotherapy. Stage I – pre-operation preparation, stage II – early rehabilitation consisting of two periods: the first one run in an intensive care unit (ICU), the second one in a surgical unit. Along with the description of physiotherapeutic techniques, the most frequently occurring problems a therapist can face as well as the ways of managing them have been presented. The authors present certain dissimilarities in surgical rehabilitation of persons with different kinds of interventions on heart: CABG, plasty or the exchange of heart valve (aortic, mitral, more seldom tricuspid), the heart transplantation, operations of chest aortic aneurysm and abdominal aortic aneurysm, plasty of cervical arteries and corrective operations of cardiac defects. In the first stage the significance of patient’s complex preparation for the operation highlighting the importance of the patient’s education, which guarantees better postsurgical rehabilitation, is emphasized. In the second stage standard physiotherapeutic methods need to be aided by modern equipment: BIPAP Vision or Cough Assist. It has been observed that education, life quality assessment and support groups for patients after cardio-surgery have positively contibuted to rehabilitation process.
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Agnieszka Piwoda, Beata Jastrzębska
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