[Special beds. Pulmonary therapy system]

Rev Enferm. 2008 Oct;31(10):51-4.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

To be bedridden reduces one's capacity to move and produces muscular debility that affects the respiratory system leading to a decreased effectiveness in expectoration, the ability to spit up sputum. The pulmonary therapy system integrated in a bed is the result of applying motorized elements to the articulation points of the bad in order to achieve safe positions at therapeutic angles, which improve the breathing-perfusion (blood flow) relationship. This system also makes it possible to apply vibration waves to the patient which favor the elimination of bronchial-pulmonary secretions, the rehabilitation of the bedridden patient and decrease the work load for nursing personnel.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Bed Rest
  • Beds / standards*
  • Breathing Exercises*
  • Cough*
  • Humans
  • Respiratory Muscles
  • Spirometry / methods*