Physiotherapist's performance in the treatment of peri-intraventricular hemorrhage in newborns

Abstract

In the evolution of neonatal care, a great effort was made for the greater survival of preterm infants. In view of this need for respiratory physiotherapy, neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) have become increasingly important with regard to respiratory disorders, which are responsible for the greater portion of problems related to prematurity. This article has as main objective to make bibliographical surveys regarding the physiotherapist's performance regarding the treatment of Perintraventricular Hemorrhage (HIPV) in newborns, being raised techniques and types of treatments of this pathology. A review of the literature was carried out, using BIREME, SCIELO, LILACS AND PUBMED databases, from which articles of magazines and newspapers were consulted from 1993 to 2013, which deal with the main concepts used in this study, in order to support theoretically the research. The following terms were used as descriptors for the research in the periodicals: Physiotherapist; Peri-Intraventricular Hemorrhage; and newborns, being the date of the research done between the months of September and October of the year 2017. Respiratory physiotherapy acts both in the prevention and in the treatment of respiratory diseases, being used of various techniques and therapeutic procedures at the outpatient level and in the Intensive Care Units, aiming to establish / restore the respiratory pattern to reduce energy expenditure at the time of ventilation, enabling the individual to perform different activities of daily living without having major disorders and / or negative repercussions on their respiratory system . In view of this situation, physical therapy assistance in newborns tends to present characteristics related to their weight; immaturity and diseases prevalent in this population. In view of these particularities, difficulties that require special care by the physiotherapist with premature newborns in intensive care units are evidenced.