The added value of physiotherapists in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care patients

Eggmann, Sabrina; Raab, Anja (2024). The added value of physiotherapists in preventing pressure injuries in intensive care patients Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 80, p. 103582. Elsevier 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103582

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Physiotherapists improve movement and function for people who experience challenges from aging, injury, illness, or the environment. They promote physical, psychological, emotional and social well-being through prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation (World Physiotherapy, 2023). Intensive care units (ICU) patients frequently struggle with limitations in physical function and activity rendering them at high risk for pressure injuries (PI). The development of PI is augmented by immobility, hypoperfusion, vasopressors, malnutrition, sweating and/or shearing force, whereby the increased pressure on prominent surfaces exceeds the capillary pressure of the underlying tissue resulting in tissue damage and ultimately necrosis (Nieto-García et al., 2021; Pickenbrock et al., 2017). This article discusses how physiotherapists with their specific knowledge can add value to prevent, treat or rehabilitate PI in ICU patients (Fig. 1).

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	School of Health Professions School of Health Professions > Academic-Practice-Partnership Insel Gruppe/BFH
Name:	Eggmann, Sabrina and Raab, Anja0000-0002-4139-2173
Subjects:	R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
ISSN:	0964-3397
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Anja Raab
Date Deposited:	09 Nov 2023 11:18
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2023 15:55
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103582
ARBOR DOI:	10.24451/arbor.20364
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20364