Early and Interdisciplinary Physiotherapy in a Patient in the Intensive Care Unit with a Bronchopulmonary Fistula after Thoracic Fenestration: A Case Report
Abstract:The aim of this study is to present the effects of the medical team’s therapy with particular focus on early physiotherapy in a patient subjected to elective pneumonectomy due to pleural empyema and chest fenestration. Our patient was 48 years old and underwent an elective pneumonectomy due to pleural empyema and cicatrization atelectasis as a result of complications. A lack of lung recoil after chest fenestration was the indication to transfer the patient to the intensive care unit (ICU) from the operating th… Show more
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