Abstract
Rehabilitation improves the functional prognosis of patients after a neurologic lesion, and tendency is to begin rehabilitation as soon as possible. This review focuses on the interest and the feasibility of very early rehabilitation, initiated from critical care units. It is necessary to precisely assess patients' impairments and disabilities in order to define rehabilitation objectives. Valid and simple tools must support this evaluation. Rehabilitation will be directed to preventing decubitus complications and active rehabilitation. The sooner rehabilitation is started; the better functional prognosis seems to be.
Translated title of the contribution | Early rehabilitation for neurologic patients |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 253-263 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Anoxic brain injury
- Critical care
- Critical illness
- Disability
- Dysphagia
- Early rehabilitation
- Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Heterotopic ossification
- Impairment
- Mechanical ventilation
- Neuromyopathy
- Passive range of motion
- Pressure ulcer
- Respiratory failure
- Spinal cord injury
- Stroke
- Thromboprophylaxis
- Traumatic brain injury
- Weakness
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine