Background: Early mobilization and rehabilitation of patients in intensive care units (ICUs)
may improve physical function, and reduce the duration of delirium, mechanical ventilation …

Purpose. Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are generally confined to bed
leading to limited mobility that may have detrimental effects on different body systems. Early …

Purpose To identify, evaluate and synthesise studies examining the barriers and enablers
for survivors of critical illness to participate in physical activity in the ICU and post-ICU …

Objectives: To measure the impact of staged implementation of full versus partial ABCDE
bundle on mechanical ventilation duration, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, and cost …

Objectives: The aim was to investigate whether patients who participated in a mobility
program in the ICU performed better on functional status, muscle, mobility, and respiratory …

Interest in early mobilization and rehabilitation in critically ill patients has grown in the last
decade in response to increasing insights into long-lasting impairments experienced by …

Delirium, the most common form of acute brain dysfunction affecting up to 80% of intensive
care unit (ICU) patients, has been shown to predict long-term cognitive impairment, one of …

Physical dysfunction after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) is recognized as a
common complication among ICU patients. Early mobilization (EM), defined as the ability to …

Early mobilization strategies in the intensive care unit may result in the prevention and
reduction of polyneuromyopathy in the critical patient, improved quality of life, shortened ICU …

Introduction Intensive care unit acquired weakness (ICUAW) may contribute to functional
disability in ICU survivors, yet performance-based data for general ICU patients are lacking …