Tumor mediastinal desdiferenciado: relato de caso

The professional physiotherapist’s intervention in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) it is relatively recent and has  been proving to be of singular importance. According to ordinance 3.432 of the Brazilian Ministry of Health, the Intensive  Care Unit, including those dedicated to the care of newborns, should provide physical therapy assistance during at least  12 hours a day, as this professional’s performance is considered to reduce complications and the hospitalization period  and, consequently, the hospital costs. The physical therapy professional’s main role is to promote a favorable neuromotor  development to premature neonates, to prevent and to reduce possible breathing complications, to improve the lung  function, always aiming for the patient’s constant evolution. paciente.