Prioritising physiotherapy services: the development and implementation of a post-operative screening tool
Ostler, C.M., van Willigen, Z.E., Gibson, D., Devlin, R. and Bruton, A. (2008) Prioritising physiotherapy services: the development and implementation of a post-operative screening tool. Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Respiratory Care (ACPRC) journal, 40, 23-30.
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Description/Abstract
Few respiratory physiotherapists now undertake pre-operative patient assessments, and not all post-operative patients will need physiotherapy. The objective of this project was to devise a safe screening tool (SPPOST) that could be applied post-operatively, which would prioritise surgical patients most likely to benefit from physiotherapy contact. The SPPOST was applied to 404 post-operative patients, screening out nearly half with no measurable detriment, thereby facilitating the targeting of higher risk patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Health Sciences |
| Item ID: | 55004 |
| Date Deposited: | 27 May 2009 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 12:51 |
| Contributors: | Ostler, C.M. (Author) van Willigen, Z.E. (Author) Gibson, D. (Author) Devlin, R. (Author) Bruton, A. (Author) |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | ab7@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/55004 |
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