Early mobilization of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is safe, feasible, and beneficial.
However, implementation of early mobility as part of routine clinical care can be challenging …

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 …

Background Improved outcomes are associated with the Awakening and Breathing
Coordination, Delirium, and Early exercise/mobility bundle (ABCDE); however …

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: Daily ICU interprofessional team rounds, which incorporate the ICU Liberation
(“A” for Assessment, Prevention, and Manage Pain;“B” for Both Spontaneous Awakening …

The survival rates of the critically ill have increased in the past years; consequently, the
number of morbidities such patients develop arising from long stays at the intensive care unit …

Background The intensive care unit provides complex care for critically ill patients.
Consequently, due to the nature of critical illness and the therapies administered in intensive …

Abstract Background/objective In November 2014, our Neurointensive Care Unit began a
multi-phased progressive early mobilization initiative for patients with subarachnoid …

We conducted a quality improvement project aimed at increasing the frequency of
mobilisation in our ICU. We designed a four-part quality improvement project comprising: an …

This paper is a synthesis of the available literature on occupational therapy interventions
performed in the adult intensive care unit (ICU). The databases of Ovid MEDLINE, Embase …