Justification for Chest Physiotherapy during Ultra‐Protective Lung Ventilation and Extra‐Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Case Study

DiscussionRegular CPT may have facilitated secretion clearance and lung recovery in this patient. Future research should investigate the optimal CPT techniques for patients with sub‐dead space tidal ventilation and extremely low dynamic respiratory compliance during ECMO with ultra‐protective ventilatory strategy (UPVS). Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: Physiotherapy Research International - June 1, 2013 Category: Physiotherapy Authors: G. Cork, N. Barrett, G. Ntoumenopoulos Tags: Case Report Source Type: research