Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency: Development of an ICU Knowledge and Skills Assessment Tool.

Background: Physical therapy for patients in the ICU is advanced practice demanding specialized knowledge and skills. However, ICU physical therapy competency standards lack uniformity or defined processes.

Objectives: To describe the development process of the Perme ICU Physical Therapy Competency and to assess its face and content validity.

Comparative analysis of pulmonary ventilation distribution between low-cost and branded incentive spirometers using electrical impedance tomography in healthy adults: Study protocol.

Background: The Incentive Spirometer (IS) increases lung volume and improves gas exchange by visually stimulating patients to take slow, deep breaths. It prevents respiratory complications and treats postoperative atelectasis in patients undergoing abdominal, thoracic, and neurosurgical procedures. Its effectiveness has been validated in studies that support improved lung capacities and volumes in individuals with respiratory complications, postoperative thoracic surgery, upper abdominal surgery, and bariatric surgery.

Relationship between potential barriers to early mobilization in adult patients during intensive care stay using the Perme ICU Mobility score.

Background: Identifying barriers to early mobilization is essential for the management of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Our objective was to identify the potential barriers to early mobilization in adult patients using the Perme ICU Mobility Score (Perme Score) and its relationship with days of mechanical ventilation (MV) and length of stay in ICU.

Methods: This was a pilot, observational, and prospective study.

Spanish version of the Perme Intensive Care Unit Mobility Score: Minimal detectable change and responsiveness.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the minimal detectable change (MDC) and responsiveness of the Perme Score when used in the adult intensive care unit (ICU) population.

Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study which was conducted from November 2016 to July 2017 in Cali, Colombia. Four physical therapists with observer and evaluator roles, applied the Perme Score upon ICU admission and discharge.

Perme ICU Mobility Score (Perme Score) and the ICU Mobility Scale (IMS): translation and cultural adaptation for the Spanish language.

Introduction: The scales to measure functional mobility in critically ill patients were developed and validated in English, there is a need for these tools in Spanish speaking countries.

Objective: To perform translation, cultural adaptation and inter-rater reliability of the Spanish versions of the Perme Intensive Care Unit Mobility Score and IMS tools in ICU patients.

Methods: Translation and validation study between November 2016 and July 2017, following the COSMIN Protocol's recommendations.

[Cardiovascular risk profile and fitness in professors and employees of a faculty of health].

Objective: To establish the cardiovascular risk profile and fitness of professors and employees of a faculty of health within a public university.

Materials And Methods: Cross-sectional study with 40 professors and 13 employees who were tested using anthropometry, lipid profile, glycosylated hemoglobin, a 6 minute walking test; two questionnaires on physical activity and barriers to exercise were applied. The cardiovascular risk was calculated for all subjects using the Framingham scale.

[Knowledge, attitudes, practices and education among students in a faculty of health].

Objective To determine tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitudes, practices, education and Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) positivity among Colombian health professions students in their last year of study. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-reported questionnaire about TB knowledge, attitudes, practices and education with 193 students of medicine, nursing, dentistry, physical therapy, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, clinical laboratory studies and emergency care. A TST was performed on 153 of the students.

Ventilatory weaning practices in intensive care units in the city of Cali.

Objective: Early weaning from mechanical ventilation is one of the primary goals in managing critically ill patients. There are various techniques and measurement parameters for such weaning. The objective of this study was to describe the practices of ventilatory weaning in adult intensive care units in the city of Cali.