A fisioterapia nas unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal

Abstract

The professional physiotherapist’s intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) it is relatively recent and has been proving to be of singular importance. According to ordinance 3.432 of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the Intensive Care Unit, including those dedicated to the care of newborns, should provide physical therapy assistance during at least 12 hours a day, as this professional’s performance is considered to reduce complications and the hospitalization period and, consequently, the hospital costs. The physical therapy professional’s main role is to promote a favorable neuromotor development to premature neonates, to prevent and to reduce possible breathing complications, to improve the lung function, always aiming for the patient’s constant evolution. paciente.