title: Rehabilitation of medical and acute care patients.
abstract: Cancer and serious systemic illness result in several physiologic changes that involve multiple body systems. While the primary conditions are addressed with traditional modalities of medicine, the side effects, secondary changes, and complications can be ameliorated or even prevented with rehabilitation and supportive care. This article reviews problems facing the oncologic and critically ill animal, discusses basic techniques in the management of these animals, and highlights the essential role of rehabilitation in obtaining maximal functional capacity in the critically ill patient.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1008 West Hazelwood Drive, Urbana, IL 61802, USA. dianne_dunning@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Dianne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dunning
authors.forename: Krista B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Halling
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ehrhart
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000662:veterinary*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods*