Therapeutic Team Research Articles

Pharmaceutical Care in NICUs in Australia and Poland: Attitudes and Perspectives of Doctors and Nurses.

A multidisciplinary and collaborative team network is essential in ensuring positive health outcomes for critically ill neonatal patients. The objective of this study was to investigate the perceptions of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) doctors and nurses in Australia and Poland toward pharmaceutical care services in the NICU. A cross-sectional, anonymous, electronic-based survey was distributed between January and April 2017 among a sample of NICU doctors, nurses, and midwives. A total of 77 participants from Australia and 93 from Poland completed the survey. Overall, from the perspectives of medical and nursing staff, it is apparent that clinical pharmacy practice on the NICU is more established in Australia than in Poland. Only 8.6% of Polish participants reported that a pharmacist worked directly on the NICU in comparison with 87% of Australian participants (P < .001). The main roles performed by pharmacists in Polish NICUs related to the provision of medicines, whereas Australian pharmacists were highly involved in all aspects of pharmacotherapy, particularly in the clinical and education domains. Future efforts should focus on how practice is structured in each country and what support can be implemented from educational, cultural, and legislative levels to enable better pharmacist integration into the NICU therapeutic team.

Saving whom? The ethical challenges of harvesting tissue from savior siblings.

To discuss the ethical challenges for the therapeutic team when dealing with a young savior sibling as a potential tissue donor. Savior siblings are children that are created to serve a sibling as a donor of umbilical cord blood, bone marrow, or peripheral blood from which hematopoietic stem cells are derived. These cells are used for hematopoietic stem cell therapy, which is the only curative treatment for certain hemoglobinopathies. We used a case including a 19-year-old thalassemia patient and his two and a half year old sister from our practice as ethics consultants. Our methodological basis is the principlism approach by Beauchamp and Childress, consisting of four principles: autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. We found that the main conflict arises between the autonomy of the savior sibling as well as the non-maleficence regarding her and the beneficence of the thalassemia patient. Decision-making is complex when decisions within the family are concerned, especially when non-competent young children are involved. The therapeutic team does not only have to recognize the principal vulnerability of children but also the different scales of vulnerability depending on their age.

Defining Optimal Care for Functional Gut Disorders - Multi-Disciplinary Versus Standard Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol

BackgroundFunctional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are the commonest reason for gastroenterological consultation, with patients usually seen by a specialist working in isolation. There is a wealth of evidence testifying to the benefit provided by dieticians, behavioral therapists, hypnotherapists and psychotherapists in treating these conditions, yet they rarely form a part of the therapeutic team, and these treatment modalities are rarely offered as part of the therapeutic management. There has been little examination of different models of care for FGIDs. We hypothesize that multi-disciplinary integrated care is superior to standard specialist-based care in the treatment of functional gut disorders. MethodsThe “MANTRA” (Multidisciplinary Treatment for Functional Gut Disorders) study compares comprehensive multi-disciplinary outpatient care with standard hospital outpatient care. Consecutive new referrals to the gastroenterology and colorectal outpatient clinics of a single secondary and tertiary care hospital of patients with an FGID, defined by the Rome IV criteria, will be included. Patients will be prospectively randomized 2:1 to multi-disciplinary (gastroenterologist, gut-hypnotherapist, psychiatrist, behavioral therapist (‘biofeedback’) and dietician) or standard care (gastroenterologist or colorectal surgeon). Patients are assessed up to 12 months after completing treatment. The primary outcome is an improvement on a global assessment scale at the end of treatment. Symptoms, quality of life, psychological well-being, and healthcare costs are secondary outcome measures. DiscussionThere have been few studies examining how best to deliver care for functional gut disorders. The MANTRA study will define the clinical and cost benefits of two different models of care for these highly prevalent disorders.TRIAL REGISTRATION Number: Clinicaltrials.govNCT03078634Registered on Clinicaltrials.gov, completed recruitment, registered on March 13th 2017.Ethics and Dissemination:Ethical approval has been received by the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne human research ethics committee (HREC-A 138/16). The results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences.Protocol version 1.2

Public Perception of the Range of Roles Played by Professional Pharmacists.

Background: Professional pharmacists should be directly involved in patient healthcare as members of therapeutic teams are not the only dispensers of medication. Public perceptions of the professional role of pharmacists is expressed through patients’ attitudes, trust, and expectations as health and illness consultants, or qualified retailers of medicines. This perception is influenced by numerous determinants, both health-related and social. Objective: This research intends to describe the range of social roles pharmacists play from the perspective of potential pharmacy customers/patients. Methods: The data presented in the article comes from cross-sectional survey-based research, undertaken in 2018, on a representative sample of 600 Polish adults. Results: Over-the-counter medication is purchased by almost all Polish adults, but they do not tend to ask for advice at pharmacies. Most respondents consider a pharmacist to be “a person qualified to sell medicines”, with some of the participants regarding pharmacists as “ordinary retailers”. A small number of respondents are interested in benefiting from pharmaceutical care, but the pharmacy is still perceived to be a point of purchase for medication. Conclusions: Respondents do not treat pharmacists as health advisors and reduce its role to that of dispensing medication. Sociodemographic variables have no significant effect on social perception of pharmacists.

Studying the Prevalence of Medical Interventions in the Recipes.

BACKGROUND:Drug interaction is a term used to refer to unfavourable side effects caused by mixing or taking two or more drugs simultaneously. Although it is not possible to identify all drug interactions, awareness of therapeutic team of potential drug interactions, risk factors that enhance the possibility of these interactions and familiarity with mechanisms of drug interactions can help reduce real drug interactions.AIM:The present research seeks to study the frequency and intensity of possible interactions among various age groups and their correlation with doctor’s speciality, time of drug prescription, patient’s gender, etc.MATERIAL AND METHOD:This is observational, cross-sectional research conducted in spring and winter to study the prevalence of drug interactions among 6000 recipes belonging to 2 private and 2 public drug stores. The information associated with recipes was recorded, and drug interactions were studied based upon quick index of interactions using Up to Date software. Quick index of medical interactions is a response to data dealing with how drugs interact with one another. The risk factor is divided into groups A, B, C, D, and X according to this index with each one having its own definition. The data analysis was studied in terms of prevalence type of drug interactions and the possible correlation with other parameters. SPSS v.16 was used for statistical analysis.RESULTS:The average age of the patients was 42.07 ± 21.56 years. The frequency of male patients was 41.7%. An average number of 4.82 ± 1.91 drugs were prescribed for each patient and an average number of 1.95 ± 2.40 drugs had interaction with one another with levels C, D, and X having the following drug interaction levels: 1.60 ± 2.05, 0.275 ± 0.69, and 0.072 ± 0.31. No such interactions were observed in 31.1% (1846 cases) of recipes. The presence of drug interaction was statistically significant in terms of age, season, drug store and speciality of doctor (P-value < 0.05). The average number of interactions in the recipes issued by psychologists, cardiologists, rheumatologist, neurologists, and general practitioners was more, and this result was statistically significant (P-value < 0.05).CONCLUSION:Considering the results achieved in this research, we may conclude that the drug interactions in recipes exhibit a noticeable frequency with the highest frequency observed in level C influenced by factors such as age, season, class of drugs, and expertise of the doctor.

Opinia rodziców dzieci z mózgowym porażeniem dziecięcym na temat stosowanych form rehabilitacji

Introduction. The knowledge about the opinion of parents/legal caregivers of young patients with cerebral palsy (CP) on the methods of rehabilitation is important in the treatment process because they know children’s needs and are their daily observers which allows for continuous verification of the health status discrepancies. Aim. The aim of this study was to describe parents’/legal caregivers’ opinion on the quality and the effectiveness of the selected forms of rehabilitation in children and adolescents with CP. Material and methods. The parents’/legal caregivers’ opinions were collected using a self-developed questionnaire. A total of 120 parents/legal guardians of the children and adolescents with a wide range of neurological disorders participated in the study. Results. According to the respondents answers, the number of days of therapy during the year is insufficient, which encourages to look for additional, paid forms of therapy. In addition, the parents clearly emphasized the essence of communication with the therapist and the willingness to be informed about the therapy. In their opinion, additional therapies with a psychologist, speech therapist and occupational therapist are an important element of the rehabilitation process. A significant number of parents/legal caregivers expressed their interest in the possibility of meeting a therapeutic team. Conclusions. It can also be concluded that parents/legal caregivers do not know both the nomenclature used by therapists and the results of scientific researches. Among the rehabilitation methods hydrotherapy and the NDT-Bobath method were considered the most effective.

Medical errors and their consequences for human life and health

Health security of patients is an issue of paramount importance for the medical profession. More and more often, a patient receives help from a therapeutic team and not only from a doctor or a nurse, a paramedic or a physiotherapist. Hence, it is the duty of the whole team to act in a way that will not cause damage to the patient. It is not unimportant that health care nowadays is more and more complicated and specialized. Therefore, it is more and more important to properly assign tasks to individual members of the therapeutic team, with clearly defined roles and duties for individual members and effective interpersonal relations within the team and communication with the patient. An analysis of court decisions confirms that medical errors are often the result of ignorance, disrespect for legal rules and principles of the professional ethics code. Also significant is incorrect work organization which manifests itself, among other things, in the shortage of medical workers with specific qualifications, lack of diagnostic equipment or lack of competent persons to operate them, lack of basic or specialist tools and materials necessary for a proper therapeutic process consistent with the current medical knowledge. Of course, routine, hurry, lack of patience and inquisitiveness are disastrous, as is “taking short cuts”, which in reality should never take place in the medical profession, but they do and result, more importantly, in the patient’s well-being being moved to the background. That is why it is so important to report and monitor the occurrence of medical errors, analysing the causes of their occurrence and taking steps preventing their occurrence in the future.

Interakcje wybranych leków kardiologicznych ze składnikami diety

The ageing society and the growing problem of fragility syndrome necessitate the long-term use of cardiac drugs, thereby increasing the risk from drug/food interactions. The aim of this study was to present the interaction between foods and those drugs used in the clinical practice of cardiologists. The effect of vitamin K antagonists is intensified by food and drink such as sage, camomile, parsley, aniseed, liquorice, ginger, ginseng, cranberry juice, and grapefruit juice, among others. However, products rich in vitamin K inhibit the therapeutic effect of coumarin derivatives. Due to the increased risk of bleeding, antiplatelet drugs should not be combined with dietary supplements containing Ginkgo biloba which inhibits platelet activating factor. The literature indicates the occurrence of a similar risk when combining antiplatelet drugs with garlic-containing supplements. Numerous scientific studies have looked at the impact of food on the absorption of antihypertensive drugs. The best known of these is grapefruit/grapefruit juice. It was recently found that grapefruit acts by interfering in the activity of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) enzyme. People who regularly take cardiac drugs are exposed to food/drug interactions, and should be aware of the possible complications. There is an urgent need to educate patients in the area of food/drug interactions. Therefore, a therapeutic team should be created consisting of a general practitioner, a cardiologist, a psychologist, a nurse and a dietician.

An evaluation of the impact of an integrated multidisciplinary therapeutic team on the mental health and well-being of young people in an educational setting

ABSTRACTThe mental health and well-being of young people and the accessibility of appropriate support is an increasingly salient matter in society. As mental health difficulties can disrupt education, providing pastoral care within education is mandatory within the UK, with established pathways for schools to seek specialist support from external agencies. This paper reviews services provided by a therapeutic team that is integrated within an Educational Trust, in the UK. The Trust comprises of a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) secondary academy and an Alternative Provision (AP) academy (which includes Key Stage 3, Key stage 4 and a medical provision). A mixed methods design is used to evaluate the impact of the therapeutic team by considering; the accessibility of therapeutic support, targeted interventions for groups and individuals, and feedback from service users. Strengths and limitations of current methods used to measure the impact of the therapeutic team are discussed, including implications for subsequent academic years. The application of an integrated therapeutic team model to other educational settings is considered.

Selected socio-demographic and work-related determinants of the social competence of professionally active nurses

Abstract Introduction. Social competence is a soft skill that allows, among other things, for better communication with the patient, establishing and maintaining a therapeutic relationship and motivation of the patient. Social competence is a guarantee of care quality and a high level of satisfaction of the patient and his or her family, when it comes to the care provided. Social competence also has a positive impact on nurses, because it is a factor protecting them from burning out, and facilitating cooperation in the therapeutic team. Aim. The aim of the study was to assess the level of social competence of professionally active nurses as well as to determine relationship between social competence and selected socio-demographic and work-related factors. Material and methods. The present study included 291 nurses from the economically active population, aged from 23 to 63 years. Diagnostic survey and Social Competence Questionnaire by Anna Matczak (SCQ) were used in this study. Results. As many as 37.8% of participating nurses demonstrated high levels of social competence (7th-10th sten) in intimate situations. Average levels (5th-6th sten) were characteristic for 40.5% of respondents in social exposure situations. When it comes to social competence in situations requiring assertiveness they were typically at average level (5th-6th sten) with 39.9% of nurses fitting this score. The overall result for social competence of nurses was low (36.1% of respondents) and average (34.4%). Place of residents and the postgraduate education were among the socio-demographic factors that determined significantly higher levels of social competence among nurses. Conclusions. Nurses represent low and average levels of social competence. There is a further need for research on social competence among nurses and implementation of training programs that will help them develop higher levels social skills.

Selected health problems of patients with acute pancreatitis treated in intensive care units

Abstract Introduction: Acute pancreatitis (pancreatitis acuta) is one of the most common inflammatory diseases of the digestive system. It is a non-neoplastic disease characterized by an acute and rapid course. It is characterized not only by inflammatory changes in the pancreas itself but also in the surrounding tissues, and is associated with multiple organ failure in a severe stage of the disease. The aim of the study was to assess the frequency of occurrence of problems from acute pancreatitis and to present actions to eliminate them. Materials and methods: The medical records of 50 patients with acute pancreatitis treated in an intensive care unit were analyzed. A survey form was used to input data from the medi cal records and provide scales for assessing the severity of acute pancreatitis. Correlations between selected variables were calculated. Results: The majority were sick men aged 50+ who were retired for acute pancreatits. The most common cause of pancreatitis (n = 16) was alcohol dependence syndrome. The highest percentage of patients (n = 36) had necrotic – haemorrhagic forms of acute pancreatitis. No relationship was found between the length of stay of the patients in intensive care and the occurrence of such nursing problems as edema. In contrast, patients fed parenterally had a tendency to hyper-glycaemia. 16 respondents according to the Apache II scale had a 40% risk of death. Conclusions: In acute pancreatitis, due to the limited independence of the patient, nursing care is very important, with the main goal to increase the patient’s comfort. It requires the cooperation of the entire therapeutic team with the patient and his family.

Nursing dress code and perception of a nurse by patients

Abstract Introduction. Professional image of the nurse in the opinion of the patient community is conditioned by many variables, including professional attire. A worthy representation of the nurse profession is the responsibility of all those who care for the patient. Aim. Determining the impact of dress code on shaping the professional image of nurses in the opinion of patients. Material and methods. Non-systematic review method of the literature available. The data was obtained by searching online databases, such as: Google Scholar, PubMed, CINAHL Complete as well as electronic resources of nursing magazines. Results. In the perception of hospitalized patients, the nursing dress code affects the level of trust in those who care for patients, it also constitutes an important element in assessing their professionalism, knowledge or confidence when performing specific medical interventions. Adapted to the needs, a suitably selected style of professional attire of a nurse employed in a given health care facility enables her proper identification of them against the background of other members of the therapeutic team or administrative employees. In addition, the comfort of nurses is a significant factor for patients in dress code strategy planning; it often determines professionalism and quality of services provided. Conclusions. There is a relationship between the external appearance of nurses and their professional image and the patients’ perception of their professional skills as well as the level of their professionalism. Dress code in a health care facility may constitute a significant element of image policy for both a health care facility itself and a group of nurses.

PHYSIOTHERAPY IN GERIATRICS - ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN OVERALL TREATMENT MANAGEMENT

As UN research indicates, populations in approx. 40% of the world's countries presently meet the criteria of demographic old age. It is estimated that by 2050, those criteria will have applied to 84% of them, out of which 65% will have entered an advanced stage. Data current for 2017 put the estimated number of seniors around the world at approx. 962 million, i.e. 13% of the world's population. Population ageing process has already reached its top dynamics in Poland. Both international studies, and our own research experience imply that only an interdisciplinary and holistic approach to the seniors may help fully appreciate overall complexity of this challenge, and consequently offer an adequate platform for mapping out effective therapeutic management. Provision of a scope of wide-ranging, physiotherapeutic regimens for the seniors requires of any attending therapeutic team a specialist body of knowledge, pertinent expertise in geriatrics and physiotherapy, and plenty of hands-on skills. Physiotherapy in geriatrics is a complex, teamwork-based approach targeted at the seniors of appreciably reduced functional capabilities, and/or burdened with concomitant risk factors for a number of diseases, and/or prone to sustaining other adverse incidents (e.g. falls) typical for older age. In physiotherapeutic management offered to the seniors, as opposed to other age groups, by far the most essential issue consists in multiple concomitant diseases and polypragmacy. After a patient has been diagnosed by an attending physician, and his functional capabilities have been assessed by a physiotherapist, the therapeutic team should primarily focus upon securing for him the most essential goals, as identified at the time. Increased life expectancy raises a number of questions and challenges, to be urgently addressed by the medical sciences; the most basic and pragmatic question being - how are physicians, physiotherapists, and other health care professionals presently prepared to deal effectively with the seniors in terms of the actual treatment management, and a scope of physiotherapeutic interventions urgently required?

Role of Physiotherapy Post Renal Transplantation-A Case Report

Introduction: Physiotherapy is widely used in the renal transplant intensive care unit to minimize postoperative respiratory and musculoskeletal complications. Patients undergoing kidney allotransplants need help in recovery. Improvement of health status after the intervention depends in large measure on cooperation of the therapeutic team. For many physiotherapists, rehabilitation after transplantation becomes a problem with such patients, and there is very sparely available data in the literature about methods for encouraging patients to exercise. Hence this study was taken. Objective: To assess the changes in, pulmonary, physiological and renal outcome in patient with renal transplant. Methodology: A case of chronic kidney disease was reported to SRM General Hospital, Chennai and planned for renal transplant, post operatively patient complaints of pain over lower abdomen and right side while moving around the bed and during sitting. Patient underwent physiotherapy for 2weeks in SRM General Hospital and followed up for three months. Physiotherapy Intervention program including chest physiotherapy, early mobilization and therapeutic exercises was given following which physiological parameters, hemoglobin and renal profile. Results: The improvement in physiological parameters and hemoglobin. There has been a modest improvement in vo2 max. Conclusion: An individualized post renal transplant physiotherapy intervention improved pulmonary and physiological outcomes than renal outcomes in renal transplant

Nutrition knowledge of people with eating disorders

Eating disorders are an increasingly common health problem that is a major therapeutic challenge. For many years, the basic form of therapy used to be psychiatric and psychotherapeutic treatment, but now it is postulated that the dietetician should also be part of the therapeutic teams. The main purpose of the study is to assess nutrition knowledge of people with eating disorders with consideration to their age, place of living, education, BMI, type of disease, participation in dietary consultations and in therapy. Nutrition knowledge of the respondents was assessed by means of an author’s survey questionnaire. The questionnaire was published in one of the social portals in the “Eating disorders – tackling” group gathering people with different types of eating disorders. The survey questionnaire consisted in 33 questions. Arithmetic mean and standard deviation for the number of correct answers provided by the respondents by the selected criteria. In terms of age, the least nutrition knowledge was attributable to the persons below 20 years of age (25.24 points in average). When considering the place of living, the least nutrition knowledge was revealed among the subjects living in medium cities (between 20 and 100 thousand of population) i.e. 25.31 points. In terms of education, the least nutrition knowledge was recorded in people with vocational education (24.83 points). When classifying the respondents by BMI, the highest average score was gained by the respondents with normal body mass index (BMI) (26.42 points). The study on the level of nutrition knowledge among the people with eating disorders demonstrated that this knowledge was selective and insufficient to provide rational nutrition. It aimed at teaching the rules of healthy lifestyle and nutrition and thorough discussing of all nutrients, their functions and effect on the body.

Health educators as assistants for disabled people in universal teaching institutions in Poland.

Education dedicated to the health needs of pupils disabled because of chronic diseases in Poland remains an empty term, a chair without a backrest. In this article, suggestions of changes in the educational system are presented. These suggestions, thanks to support from interested therapeutic teams, have a chance to fulfil the educational gap in the area of chronic diseases and proceeding with disabled pu-pils at universal teaching institutions in Poland due to the introduction of health educators. A health educator is a person suffering from type 1 diabetes, educated during specialised postgraduate studies conducted at the Medical University of Lodz. The aim of this article is to show the importance of the health educator's role in the education process of children and youths disabled because of chronic diseases, at educational institutions of the Polish system of universal education.

Kompleksowe wsparcie udzielane na terenie placówki szkolnej dziecku jąkającemu się

The article addresses the situation of school-aged children who stutter. A definition of stuttering is presented, as well as the goals and the principles behind the therapeutic methods most frequently used in Poland. Most of the article is devoted to the idea of the comprehensive assistance for school-aged children who stutter. The article argues that therapeutic teams of speech therapists, parents, teachers, educators, and psychologists need to be established, and defines the scope of their activities. Some strategies are also described to help the people involved in such teams to assist the children who stutter.

A Ten-Year Longitudinal Study of Prevalence of Eating Disorders in the General Polish Type 2 Diabetes Population.

BackgroundLittle has been reported regarding the epidemiology of eating disorders (EDs) in type 2 diabetes (T2DM). We examined the Polish National Health Fund-NFZ database estimates of all medical visits from 2008 to 2017 to determine the trend and the epidemiology of EDs in T2DM patients.Material/MethodsThe NFZ database were used. We defined the T2DM group diagnosed with both T2DM and EDs according to the ICD-10 codes. Demographic data were collected from the webpage of Statistics Poland (GUS). The annual prevalence of EDs was estimated according to the T2DM diagnosis status, and the age groups were stratified into 8 groupsResultsThe prevalence of EDs in T2DM patients in the whole patient population with diagnosed T2DM ranged from 0.059% (in 2017) to 0.086% patients (in 2010). Differences in subcategories of EDs were noted. In the case of anorexia nervosa, a decreasing trend of coexistence with T2DM was noted. However, in the case of atypical anorexia nervosa, an increasing trend was observed. Both in the case of bulimia nervosa and atypical bulimia nervosa, an increasing trend of coexistence with T2DM was noted. As patients with T2DM age, the prevalence of EDs in T2DM decreased.ConclusionsA relatively stable trend of prevalence of EDs in T2DM patients benefiting from state medical care indicated the need to develop effective screening methods and adequate procedures for therapeutic interventions with this group of patients using a multidisciplinary therapeutic team.

Características demográficas, de salud, necesidades de cuidado y diagnósticos de enfermería de personas hospitalizadas que sufren trastorno afectivo bipolar

Introducción: el trastorno afectivo bipolar (TAB) es una enfermedad mental crónica más frecuente en mujeres que en hombres. La prevalencia en el mundo es del 1 % y en Colombia es del 1,2 %. Objetivo: Describir las características demográficas, de salud, necesidades de cuidado y diagnóstico de enfermería en pacientes que ingresan a hospitalización con un diagnóstico de TAB a la Clínica Psiquiátrica Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón. Método: Estudio descriptivo retrospectivo. Se seleccionaron 158 historias clínicas entre enero y junio de 2015, La información se recolectó de las notas de ingreso del equipo terapéutico, y para las necesidades de cuidado se utilizaron los patrones funcionales de Marjory Gordon. Resultados: el 55,7 % eran mujeres, con edades entre 19 y 82 años, el 71,5 % eran residentes de Medellín, el 47,5 % eran solteros, el 19 % tenían estudios secundarios. El 66,5 % presentó sintomatología propia del TAB en el momento del ingreso; el diagnóstico CIE-10 más frecuente fue TAB-episodio maniaco, presente con síntomas psicóticos. Las necesidades encontradas, según los patrones de Marjory Gordon, fueron: falta de introspección, presencia de insomnio, alucinaciones y autoagresión. Para estas necesidades los diagnósticos de enfermería fueron: deterioro de la toma de decisiones independiente, trastorno del patrón del sueño y riesgo de violencia autodirigida. Conclusiones: La información demográfica y de salud es similar a las características reportadas por otras investigaciones. Tanto las necesidades de cuidado y los diagnósticos de enfermería son congruentes con la incapacidad mental que impiden un adecuado autocuidado.

Guillain-Barré syndrome, about a disease that is a challenge for doctors of various specialties

Although the Guillain-Barré syndrome is relatively rare, it is a disease entity that doctors of different specialties and physiotherapists should know as much as possible. This is a post-infectious autoimmune polyneuropathy. This condition falls on the patient unexpectedly and in a short time can lead to damage to many organs and even life-threatening. Due to the multitude and variety of symptoms, treatment of the Guillain-Barré syndrome, more than other diseases, requires close cooperation of the entire therapeutic team. A physiotherapist plays a special role in working with a patient with the Guillain-Barré syndrome. Restoration of lost or limited functions requires time, patience, knowledge and experience to select the methods of working with the patient in the most effective way.