PHYSICAL REHABILITATION

The Children”s Hospital of Shanghai has set up special clinics for children to help with post-COVID rehabilitation. [Photo provided to China Daily] Several Shanghai hospitals have opened special clinics aimed at helping people address common health issues like fatigue, cough and sore throat that persist even after their antigen tests for COVID-19 have turned negative. Among […]

Advance Market Analytics published a new research publication on “Outpatient Home Therapy Market Insights, to 2027” with 232 pages and enriched with self-explained Tables and charts in presentable format. In the Study you will find new evolving Trends, Drivers, Restraints, Opportunities generated by targeting market associated stakeholders. The growth of the Outpatient Home Therapy market […]

This transcript has been edited for clarity. I’m Dr Neil Skolnik. Today we are going to talk about the 2023 GOLD guide for COPD. The big news here is a more streamlined approach to treatment, combining what used to be categories C and D into one category — E — for exacerbations. There is continued […]

Congenital cardiac disorders are commonly classified as cyanotic or acyanotic depending on clinical manifestations. After birth, heart structures such as the foramen ovale, ductus venosus, and ductus arteriosus are no longer necessary to sustain life [1]. The ductus arteriosus is a shunt between the pulmonary artery and the aorta that permit oxygenated blood transfer from the placenta […]

Cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) without major bone injury (CSCIw) is described as a spinal cord injury without evidence of spinal fracture or dislocation on plain radiography or computed tomography [1-4]. Surgical treatment is required for traumatic CSCI patients, patients with discoligamentous injuries of intervertebral instability, and patients with progression of myelopathy after trauma, but […]

LifeSemantics teases pulmonary rehabilitation DTx  South Korean digital health company LifeSemantics is launching its digital therapeutics product that helps with the pulmonary rehabilitation of people with COPD. The Redpill Breath DTx helps users self-rehabilitate their respiratory functions at home. It monitors their oxygen saturation and walking performance in real time, sends text alerts in case […]

This comes only one month after Caleb popped the question to the reality television personality in the rehab center’s parking lot — and according to the source, they’ve been doing better than ever due to the support system they’ve created with each other. “She’s began dating Caleb in rehab, and I’m so happy they met […]

Patients with acute decompensated heart failure who were frail at baseline improved more with targeted, early physical rehabilitation than those who were prefrail, a new analysis of the REHAB-HF study suggests. “The robust response to the intervention by frail patients exceeded our expectations,” Gordon R. Reeves, MD, PT, of Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute […]

Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic lung disease characterized by scarring of the lung tissue. Lung tissue is made up of tiny air sacs called alveoli and surrounding tissue called interstitial lung tissue. Scarring, or fibrosis, of the interstitial lung tissue is known as interstitial lung disease. It causes symptoms of shortness of breath and cough. […]

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) did not provide reimbursement for telehealth services for physical therapists. However, this reimbursement restriction was temporarily waived during the public health emergency related to the pandemic. The expanded Telehealth Access Act of 2021 (HR2168/S3193), if approved, would permanently allow physical therapists and […]

The Physical Therapy Market research report 2022 provides some most valuable insights about the latest trends, business strategies, technology innovations, challenges and risk in the market. In our report you will find, information about the market size, growth rate, opportunities, industry share, market drivers along with its segmentation. It also provides an exhaustive overview of […]

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Background Neutropenic patients are commonly affected by respiratory infections, whereas respiratory viral infections causing high morbidity and mortality are routinely diagnosed in developing countries like India. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence of respiratory viral infections in pediatric cancer patients with febrile neutropenia.  Methods This prospective study was performed on 45 neutropenia patients with […]

Lütfiye Kiliç,1 Seda Tural Önür,2 Aslı Gorek Dilektasli,3 Gaye Ulubay,4 Arif Balcı5 1Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Pulmonologist, Department of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; 2Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Associate Professor, Department of Chest Diseases, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; […]

It is estimated that 37 million Americans live with a chronic respiratory disease, and this dreadful condition led to the deaths of over 152,000 people in the United States in 2020 [1,2]. Chronic respiratory disease encompasses many disorders, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, interstitial lung fibrosis, and others [3]. Historically, of all the […]

Quintana Roo reaches an agreement with Yucatan for third level medical care. Because that in Quintana Roo there is no tertiary hospital in the public sector, the state Health Secretariat reached an agreement with the High Specialty Regional Hospital of the Yucatan Peninsula for attention to quintanarroenses. The Secretary of Health of Quintana Roo, Flavio […]

RESPIRATORY THERAPY Dover Transitioning to a new care setting can be a daunting task, but with the proper planning, it can be a much smoother process. By organizing your thoughts and making a plan, you’ll be able to minimize the amount of stress you feel in the transition period. Additionally, by taking care of yourself […]

Soft tissue traumas with tendon lacerations are challenging injuries to manage. Repair of these tendon injuries can be complicated by adhesions postoperatively, limiting patient function and satisfaction. Biologic agents have been developed to optimize tendon gliding after repair and can be used as adjuncts. When used in conjunction with a postoperative rehabilitation protocol, they can […]

You learn to be yourself all your life. This goes for everyone. Even more if you are a girl with Asperger’s syndrome and you have always felt different and therefore wrong. But the truth is that there is no mistake. That’s why, when the diagnosis comes, most of the time it’s experienced as a liberation. […]