Publications by authors named "Flavio Maciel Dias Andrade"
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- The study evaluated the physical activity levels and quality of life among ICU professionals using specific questionnaires to gather data.
- Approximately 50.89% of the 59 participants were classified as active, with nursing technicians being the most active at 60.6%.
- Active ICU professionals reported better quality of life, particularly in physical limitations, social aspects, and mental health, likely due to having lower work hours and more free time to exercise.
Effects of electrical muscle stimulation early in the quadriceps and tibialis anterior muscle of critically ill patients.
Physiother Theory Pract
May 2014
Background: Electrical muscle stimulation (EMS) is applied to critically ill patients in order to improve their muscle strength, thereby preventing hypotrophy and promoting functional recovery.
Objective: To assess the effects of early EMS on the range of movement of the ankle joint, and on thigh and leg circumference in critically ill patients.
Methods: This is a prospective randomized clinical trial comprising 11 patients undergoing mechanical ventilation.
Objective: To evaluate the effects of an early mobilization protocol on respiratory and peripheral muscles in critically ill patients.
Methods: A randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted with 59 male and female patients on mechanical ventilation. The patients were divided into a conventional physical therapy group (control group, n=14) that received the sector's standard physical therapy program and an early mobilization group (n=14) that received a systematic early mobilization protocol.
Introduction: Tracheostomy is probably the most common surgical procedure in critically ill patients and is generally performed to facilitate mechanical ventilation weaning. Evidence-based guidelines have confirmed the benefits of tracheostomy weaning protocols and of the physiotherapists engagement in this process; however, no consensus decannulation criteria are currently available. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the influence of peripheral muscle strength and other indicators on decannulation success.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRespiratory mechanics of neurological patients undergoing mechanical ventilation under water heated humidifier and a heat exchanger filter model.
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva
September 2010
Objectives: In mechanically ventilated patients, humidifier devices are used to heat and moisturize the inspired gas. Heating and humidifying inspired gas may prevent complications associated with the respiratory mucosa dryness such as mucus plugging and endotracheal tube occlusion. Two devices have been commonly used to this, either heated humidifier or the heat moisture exchange filter.
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