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It is reported that the thesis section is available, to publish abstracts of postgraduate theses in the disciplinary field. Who submits your thesis, must present the title, abstract, key words (include Occupational Therapy), and a summary of 2 to 3 pages of your thesis. And `present it in Spanish, English and / or Portuguese.
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS
Abstract
This study was conducted in The Unit Critics adult patients, Clinical Hospital of the Catholic University of Chile (UPC- HCPUC), in2012, where the characteristics of critical patients were explored to obtain a profile of global health while in the UPC, in order to
determine whether it would be possible to make an intervention from occupational therapy to be a contribution to this unit.
A prospective, observational study in medical UPC-surgery for 25 days. The results allowed to characterize critical patients of this unit,
as a subject with high probability of impairment of consciousness, edema in hand, limitation of joint range of motion (ROM ) in the wrist
and fingers, and lack of stimuli that evoke your reality prior to hospitalization.
Finally, from the analysis of the profile of critical patient - HCPUC UPC and the context to which it is exposed, it is concluded that early
intervention occupational therapy could reduce and prevent the appearance of certain signs associated with critical patient, checking
hypothesized that given the characteristics of this patient, it would be an intervention from Occupational Therapy
