Exploring The Impact Of Physiotherapy In Reducing The Incidences Of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Narrative Review

ABSTRACT Background: The most common hospital-acquired illness in the intensive care unit (ICU) is ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP), which is a parenchyma lung infection that appears in patients on mechanical ventilation within 48–72 hours after endotracheal placement. Physical therapy interventions must be given as soon as feasible in order to improve the patient's functional and respiratory problems and treat preventive and VAP. Material and Methods: Three sources—Google Scholar, PubMed, and Web of science were searched, and relevant literature was found. To arrive at an appropriate conclusion, a comprehensive evaluation of twenty research publications was conducted. Results: The observation was drawn that there is significant potential for adding chest physical therapy to the treatment regimen of critically ill and pneumonia patients. Furthermore, rather of emphasizing isolationism of a particular physiotherapy intervention, other research emphasize the necessity of synergy among several physiotherapy interventions for better results. Discussion: According to the findings, using physiotherapy therapies has been shown to be successful in reducing VAP and also keeping their respiratory conditions from getting worse. Conclusion: From the above study it was concluded that multimodal chest physiotherapy appears to be an effective strategy for reducing mortality in patients on mechanical ventilation and preventing ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Keywords: Ventilator associated pneumonia, Physiotherapy in ICU patients, physiotherapy interventions in VAP, Latest physiotherapy ICU protocols.