title: [Special beds. Pulmonary therapy system].
abstract: To be bedridden reduces one's capacity to move and produces muscular debility that affects the respiratory system leading to a decreased effectiveness in expectoration, the ability to spit up sputum. The pulmonary therapy system integrated in a bed is the result of applying motorized elements to the articulation points of the bad in order to achieve safe positions at therapeutic angles, which improve the breathing-perfusion (blood flow) relationship. This system also makes it possible to apply vibration waves to the patient which favor the elimination of bronchial-pulmonary secretions, the rehabilitation of the bedridden patient and decrease the work load for nursing personnel.
authors.affiliation: Area de críticos, Hospital Universitario Vall d'Hebron. quimcalixto@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calixto Rodríguez
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marín i Vivó
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paunellas Albert
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest; D001513:Beds / Q000592:standards*; D001945:Breathing Exercises; D003371:Cough; D006801:Humans; D012132:Respiratory Muscles; D013147:Spirometry / Q000379:methods*