Development of a clinical practice guideline for physiotherapy management of adults invasively ventilated with community-acquired pneumonia.

Background And Setting: Patients hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) are frequently admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for invasive mechanical ventilation and receive treatment by physiotherapists. However, clinical physiotherapy practice is variable for this ICU cohort.

Objectives: To develop a clinical practice guideline for physiotherapy management of adults invasively ventilated with CAP using the best available evidence.

Hospitalised Smokers' and Staff Perspectives of Inpatient Smoking Cessation Interventions and Impact on Smokers' Quality of Life: An Integrative Review of the Qualitative Literature.

Aim: To identify, integrate, and appraise the evidence on hospitalised smokers' and staff perspectives of inpatient smoking cessation interventions and the impact on smokers' quality of life.

Design: The integrative review method was used to present hospitalised smokers' and staff perspectives of inpatient smoking cessation interventions. .

Comparison of 6-Month Outcomes of Survivors of COVID-19 versus Non-COVID-19 Critical Illness.

The outcomes of survivors of critical illness due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) compared with non-COVID-19 are yet to be established. We aimed to investigate new disability at 6 months in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to Australian ICUs with COVID-19 compared with non-COVID-19. We included critically ill patients with COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 from two prospective observational studies.

Efficacy of Respiratory Physiotherapy Interventions for Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Adults with Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

A systematic review was conducted to investigate the effect of respiratory physiotherapy on mortality, quality of life, functional recovery, intensive care length of stay, duration of ventilation, oxygenation, secretion clearance, and pulmonary mechanics for invasively ventilated adults with pneumonia. Five databases were searched for randomized trials published between January 1995 and November 2018. Study quality was assessed using a standardized Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tool, and Review Manager software was used to pool the studies.

Physiotherapy management for COVID-19 in the acute hospital setting and beyond: an update to clinical practice recommendations.

This document provides an update to the recommendations for physiotherapy management for adults with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the acute hospital setting. It includes: physiotherapy workforce planning and preparation; a screening tool for determining requirement for physiotherapy; and recommendations for the use of physiotherapy treatments and personal protective equipment. New advice and recommendations are provided on: workload management; staff health, including vaccination; providing clinical education; personal protective equipment; interventions, including awake proning, mobilisation and rehabilitation in patients with hypoxaemia.