Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Patients in critical Condition.

• Main Authors: José Gómez Cruz, Liliana Teresa Caneiro González, Roberto Polo Amarante, Yacqueline Madrigal Torres
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2009-03-01
• Series: Medisur
• Subjects: rehabilitación; guía de práctica clínica; urgencias médicas; cuidados críticos; tratamiento de urgencia
• Online Access: http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/722

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Patients in critical Condition. It is the integral, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, including the prevention in advance of all possible sequels caused by the disease or lesion. Understood as a group of non invasive, appropriate and tolerable procedures meeting the individual needs and aimed at preserving the indemnity of structures and functions that have not been involved in the disease. We list its principles and intervention stages, instruments and international evaluation scales used for assessment and treatment of patients in critical condition and it therapeutic alternatives. It includes assessment guidelines focused on the most important aspects to be accomplished.