Early ambulation impacts on quality-of-life outcomes positively after lower limb burn injury: A group trajectory analysis.

Introduction: Despite the challenges of providing burn care throughout the 2.5MKm jurisdiction of Western Australia, early intervention after injury remains a key premise of the multidisciplinary model of care applied by the State Adult Burn Unit (SABU) team. In particular, contemporary guidelines support the facilitation of early ambulation after lower limb burn and skin grafting.

Physiotherapy-assisted prone or modified prone positioning in ward-based patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: To evaluate short-term change in oxygenation and feasibility of physiotherapy-assisted prone or modified prone positioning in awake, ward-based patients with COVID-19.

Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.

Setting: General wards, single-centre tertiary hospital in Australia.