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Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitação
Print version ISSN 2184-965XOn-line version ISSN 2184-3023
Abstract
CERQUEIRA, Ana Vanessa Barroso and GRILO, Eugénia Nunes. PREVENTION OF THE IMOBILITY CONSEQUENCES IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS. RPER [online]. 2019, vol.2, n.1, pp.78-89. ISSN 2184-965X. https://doi.org/10.33194/rper.2019.v2.n1.10.4574.
This article resulted from an intervention project that aimed to prevent the immobility consequences in critically ill patients. The literature review emphasizes that early rehabilitation programs minimize the immobility repercussions with great benefits in people's functionality and quality of life. To study and describe this problem was used the case study methodology.
Four hospitalized persons in an intensive care unit participated on an intervention project that included a systematized nursing care in the scope of pressure ulcers prevention and motor and respiratory rehabilitation. The results evaluation allowed to conclude that people who participated in the project maintained or improved the range of motion and did not develop pressure ulcers or respiratory complications. It is concluded that adequate and individualized rehabilitation nursing care planning prevents immobility consequences in critically ill patients.
Keywords : Rehabilitation Nursing; bedridden persons; critical illness.