Electrostimulation Program for Lung Transplant Recipients in the ICU

Effect of an Electrostimulation Program in Lung Transplant Recipients During Their Stay in the Intensive Critical Care Unit. Experimental Study

This study aims to evaluate rectus femoris muscle mass in lung transplant recipients and the effect of a training program during ICU admission based on the use of electrical muscle stimulation (EMS)

Lung transplantation is so far the only viable therapy for those individuals with a life-threatening chronic respiratory individuals with a chronic respiratory problem that compromises their life in a period of less than two years and the therapeutic options have been exhausted.

The investigators are dealing with individuals with a prolonged disease process, characterized mainly by the reduction of their respiratory capacities, which has a great impact on the basic activities of daily living.

Pulmonary involvement conditions the mobility of the individual, limiting physical activity and leading to episodes of dyspnea.

The aerobic capacity of the patient is very impaired before the transplant, although after the transplant, it continues in levels below normal for their age . This, resulting in episodes of dyspnea impacts on the extraction and utilization of muscular oxygen , which reduces mobility periods.

Limitations in physical activity and even mobility prior to physical activity and even mobility limitations prior to transplantation lead these individuals to marked muscular deterioration, which has an impact on both the general physical and psychological levels.

The aim of this study is assessment of muscle status in transplant recipients in lung transplant recipients after application of EMS therapy in the ICU.The sample is divided into two groups, a control group that will not receive EMS therapy and a control group that receive it.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted to the lung transplant list according to the criteria of the Health System.
• Those who attend the rehabilitation consultation of the hospital under study to undergo treatment prior to transplantation.
• They must receive the graft at the hospital under study and be admitted to the resuscitation unit at the same center for post-surgical follow-up.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who are rejected from the transplant list or deceased before the implant is performed.
• Lack of follow-up by the rehabilitation consultation.
• Are receiving treatment with muscle relaxants after admission to the ICU.
• Present skin alterations incompatible with EMS.
• Contraindications to perform the transplant proposed according to the criteria of the Health System.