The sepsis syndrome and the cancer patient: respiratory management and active physiotherapy.
Cancer and its treatment place heavy physical and metabolic demands on a patient. Sepsis exacerbates this and may lead to hypoxia. Timely physiotherapy can help improve respiratory function and, together with other members of the multidisciplinary team, in the long-term will help to return the patient to previous levels of function.
Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK.
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D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000379:methods; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000379:methods; D018746:Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*