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- Title
Joint contracture following prolonged stay in the intensive care unit.
- Authors
Clavet, Heidi; Hébert, Paul C; Fergusson, Dean; Doucette, Steve; Trudel, Guy
- Abstract
Prolonged immobility during a critical illness may predispose patients to the development of joint contracture. We sought to document the incidence of, the risk factors for and the reversibility of joint contractures among patients who stayed in a tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) for 2 weeks or longer.
- Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2008, Vol 178, Issue 6, p691
- ISSN
1488-2329
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.071056