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Respiratory Physiotherapy After Paediatric Cardiac Surgery: The Interaction between Physiotherapist, Nurse and Parent

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Technically, paediatric rehabilitation is not different from adult rehabilitation. The main difference consists in the possibility of establishing a verbal communication. This is difficult, if not impossible, in the paediatric patient since the abilities of verbal expression and comprehension are not completely developed, especially during the neonatal period.

The main purpose in the context of paediatric cardiac surgery is to guarantee the patient a better future quality of life. Recognizing the clinical conditions of rehabilitative interest and the management of anxiety and fears of the relatives of the young patients represents additional difficulties. The fundamental difference with the adult patient is that this one can communicate his or her own perceptions, fears, difficulties and hopes but even his or her own symptoms. So the keywords in the rehabilitative treatment of the newborn are imagination and simplicity. The treatment includes the aid in enforcing motoric planning and execution. In paediatric rehabilitation, careful observation is one of the central competences of the physiotherapist [1].

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  1. Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Centre, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

    Davide Girelli

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  1. Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato University Hospital, San Donato Milanese (MI), Italy

    Serena Francesca Flocco

  2. Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy

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  4. Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Academic Center for Nursing and Midwifery, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Eva Goossens

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Girelli, D. (2019). Respiratory Physiotherapy After Paediatric Cardiac Surgery: The Interaction between Physiotherapist, Nurse and Parent. In: Flocco, S., Lillo, A., Dellafiore, F., Goossens, E. (eds) Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78423-6_8

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