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Effects of early physiotherapy with respect to severity of pneumonia of elderly patients admitted to an intensive care unit: a single center study in Japan

[Purpose] We performed early physiotherapy for elderly patients with pneumonia admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), and examined the effects of this early physiotherapy on the severity of pneumonia. [Subjects and Methods] Patients for whom physiotherapy was started the day after admission to th...

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Autores principales: Chigira, Yusuke, Takai, Tomoko, Igusa, Hironobu, Dobashi, Kunio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Society of Physical Therapy Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26311924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1589/jpts.27.2053