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- Title
Physical rehabilitation in the intensive care unit: past, present, and future.
- Authors
Kho, Michelle E.; Berney, Sue; Connolly, Bronwen
- Abstract
Physical rehabilitation practiced in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a complex therapeutic interaction between healthcare professionals and patients, delivered in an equally complex environment. Landmark data from two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of physical rehabilitation interventions delivered in the ICU suggested the potential of these therapies for improving patient outcomes [[5]]. Some "positive" physical rehabilitation trials measured outcomes such as physical function at ICU or hospital discharge, with a direct temporal relationship to the ICU-based intervention [[1]]. Subsequent trials, delivering physical rehabilitation at various stages within the ICU, following ICU, and hospital discharge, showed mixed results, highlighting the methodological nuances of designing and evaluating complex rehabilitation interventions.
- Subjects
MEDICAL rehabilitation; INTENSIVE care units; PATIENTS' attitudes; MEDICAL personnel; MOBILITY training; CRITICALLY ill patient care
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2023, Vol 49, Issue 7, p864
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-023-07099-4