Clinics
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Clinical Trial
Acute effects of physiotherapeutic respiratory maneuvers in critically ill patients with craniocerebral trauma.
To evaluate the effects of physiotherapeutic respiratory maneuvers on cerebral and cardiovascular hemodynamics and blood gas variables. ⋯ Respiratory physiotherapy can be safely performed on patients with severe craniocerebral trauma. Additional caution must be taken when performing airway suctioning because this technique alters cerebral and cardiovascular hemodynamics, even in sedated and paralyzed patients.
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To understand the relationships between brain structures and function (behavior and cognition) in healthy aging. ⋯ These results are in agreement with the inhibitory control hypotheses regarding cognitive aging and may also be important in the interpretation of studies with other clinical groups, such as patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment.