Respiratory physiotherapists have a key role within the integrated care continuum of patients
with respiratory diseases. The current narrative review highlights the profession's diversity …

Physiotherapy contributes significantly to improving quality of life for patients with respiratory
disease [1, 2]. Physiotherapists specialised in dealing with respiratory pathology and its …

Building on the core syllabus for postgraduate training in respiratory physiotherapy,
published in 2014, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) respiratory physiotherapy task …

Best practice in the diagnosis and management of patients with respiratory conditions is now
a multidisciplinary effort [1, 2]. Physiotherapists engage in many aspects of the care of …

Introduction: Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy is an evidence-based practice that has
evolved alongside changes in medical and surgical management, analgesia, the ageing …

In 2007, the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) commissioned a task force
to provide recommendations for the future direction of respiratory therapy in 2015 and …

Conclusion: Despite a marked heterogeneity of scientific evidence, the method used
allowed us to develop commonly agreed local guidelines for respiratory care. In addition …

Four Cochrane respiratory reviews of relevance to physiotherapeutic practice are discussed
in this overview. Physiotherapists aim to improve ventilation for people with respiratory …

Physiotherapists are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team in the critical care unit and
are skilled in the multisystem patient assessment and treatment of both intubated and …

The CIRO Academy in Horn (the Netherlands) organised a 2-day meeting to present and
discuss the studies published in 2017 pertaining to key priority areas of respiratory and …