Phase 1 cardiovascular rehabilitation: be aggressive?

Phase 1 cardiovascular rehabilitation: be aggressive?

Background It is well known that the most common respiratory complications after cardiac surgery are related to sternotomy, extracorporeal circulation and its inflammatory reaction [1]. Phase 1 cardiovascular rehabilitation is widely indicated to minimize the adverse effects of cardiac surgery, including respiratory function [2,3]. However, is there a critical day to physiotherapists? The study...

1 Aggressive Reduplication

I propose that there is a purely phonological drive to impose a reduplicationlike structure (‘coupling’) on words. This structure can lead to enhancement or preservation of wordinternal self-similarity. The case of vowel raising in Tagalog loan stems is examined in detail. Raising can be blocked in order to preserve similarity between the stem penult and the stem ultima. The more similar the pe...

Decreasing disability in chronic back pain through aggressive spine rehabilitation.

This paper discusses specific techniques for rehabilitation of chronic low back pain through aggressive physical therapy with behavioral support. The rationale for approaching the outcome dimensions of impairments in back function and pain-related disability as opposed to chronic pain symptoms is explained. This approach requires that impairments in back function are systematically identified t...

The patient with cardiovascular disease and rehabilitation: the third phase of medical care.

Aggressive Fibromatosis: Evidence for a Stable Phase

Purpose. Aggressive fibromatosis (AF) is an uncommon locally infiltrating benign disease of soft tissue for which treatment comprises complete surgical resection. Radiotherapy can be given postoperatively if the margin is incompletely resected. If the tumour is inoperable radiotherapy provides an alternative treatment. Hormone therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy have also been used for unresecta...