Physiotherapy intervention in intensive care is safe: an observational study.

This article discusses findings of an observational study, which determined the safety of physiotherapy intervention in intensive care. Several adverse physiological changes associated with physiotherapy intervention include significant alterations in hemodynamic, respiratory or intracranial parameters necessitating remedial intervention. Respiratory deterioration during manual hyperinflation may be caused by a disconnection from positive end expiratory pressure and subsequent derecruitment.