Open AccessThe effect of positional changes on oxygenation in patients with head injury in the intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Jigar Mehta,
Lata Parmar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_27_17
Subject(s) - medicine , oxygenation , intensive care unit , head (geology) , intensive care medicine , head injury , emergency medicine , medical emergency , anesthesia , surgery , geomorphology , geology
Following head injury, cardiopulmonary functions are impaired and this disturbs the oxygenation transport pathway. Expanding cardiopulmonary physical therapy to encompass the oxygen transport system as a whole has implication for treatment as well as assessment and treatment outcome. Therefore, the aim of the study is to assess the oxygenation level in head injury patients with relation to body positioning in the intensive care unit (ICU).