Interventions
COMPLICATIONS
In both groups, patients received two sessions daily for the first 48 hours
performed by a group of trained ICU physiotherapists, with a minimum interval of
4.5 hours between sessions. Additional CCPT could be performed if the patient
presented a decrease in transcutaneous oxygen saturation (SpOSimilarly, in the immediate postextubation period, we implemented all necessary
strategies to ensure successful extubation and to avoid short-term respiratory
complications, including noninvasive ventilation (NIV) (Supplementary material),
aerosol and oxygen therapy.