Contraindications - Stryker XPRT Manual De Uso

Summary of Safety Precautions
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CONTRAINDICATIONS

Stryker Medical promotes the clinical assessment of each patient's condition and appropriate therapy administration
by the caregiver .
Air support therapy is not recommended for patients with unstable fractures, unstable spinal cord injuries or those in
skeletal traction .
Use of powered support surface systems for stroke victims should be used only under physician's order .
Percussion/Vibration Therapy is contraindicated in the presence of: multiple rib fractures, persistent intracranial
hypertension, bronchospasms and during post-operative periods following cardiac surgery .
Additional contraindications for Rotation, Percussion and Vibration therapies include, but are not limited to:
• Patients with spinal cord injury
• Patients in skeletal traction
• Patients with significant hemoptysis
• Patients for whom a head down position is contraindicated (e .g ., those with a head injury)
• Patients with bleeding disorders
• Patients with rib fractures, or predisposition to pathologic fractures
• Patients for whom the techniques cause increased dyspnea or wheezing
• Patients who are hemodynamically unstable
• Patients with rib fractures
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