Kelly Maria, Dowling Maura
University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland.
Nurs Stand. 2008;22(49):35-40. doi: 10.7748/ns2008.08.22.49.35.c6638.
Patient rehabilitation following lower limb amputation is essential to provide optimum patient outcomes and to improve the amputee's quality of life. The age of the patient and the stump length or level of amputation emerge as dominant factors affecting the outcome of rehabilitation. A variety of outcome measures are available to assess the patient's rehabilitative potential to maximise functional ability. This article focuses on the factors affecting rehabilitation, outcome measures to assess rehabilitative potential and the nurse's role in providing care for patients following lower limb amputation.
下肢截肢后的患者康复对于实现最佳治疗效果和提高截肢者的生活质量至关重要。患者的年龄以及残肢长度或截肢水平已成为影响康复效果的主要因素。有多种结果指标可用于评估患者的康复潜力，以最大限度地提高其功能能力。本文重点关注影响康复的因素、评估康复潜力的结果指标以及护士在为下肢截肢患者提供护理方面的作用。
