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ArticlePhysiotherapy2021

Unanticipated demand of Physiotherapist-Deployed Airway Clearance during the COVID-19 Surge 2020 a single centre report.

Claire Black, Roman Klapaukh, Alison Gordon, Francesca Scott, Nina Holden

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Article in Physiotherapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Claire BlackTherapies and Rehabilitation, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom. Electronic address: claire.black.09@ucl.ac.uk.
Roman KlapaukhResearch Software Development Group, Research IT Services, Information Services Division, University College London, United Kingdom.
Alison GordonTherapies and Rehabilitation, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
Francesca ScottTherapies and Rehabilitation, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.
Nina HoldenTherapies and Rehabilitation, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchial secretion management was not an anticipated clinical problem in patients intubated and ventilated with COVID-19. Yet 63 (62%) of our intubated and ventilated patients demonstrated a moderate or greater sputum load, as recorded by physiotherapists on 5 or more days of the patient's ICU stay. The efficacy of airway clearance in these patients was further compounded by ineffective or absent cough and increased secretion tenacity, dramatically increasing the workload of critical care physiotherapists. We provide data to support the modelling of critical care physiotherapy staffing for future COVID-19 surges.

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COVID-19Physical TherapistsHumansIntensive Care UnitsPhysical Therapy ModalitiesRespiration, ArtificialSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34597901
PMCPMC7980518

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