ArticleRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Functional evolution of critically ill patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol.
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- Hemodynamic impact of early mobilization in critical patients receiving vasoactive drugs: A prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Functional capacity and rehabilitation strategies in Covid-19 patients: current knowledge and challenges.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2021Article
- Skeletal Muscle Wasting and Function Impairment in Intensive Care Patients With Severe COVID-19.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Physiotherapy Care of Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - A Brazilian Experience.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2020Review
- Organization of rehabilitation care in Portuguese intensive care units.Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveEvaluation of the functional outcomes of patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol for critically ill patients from admission to discharge from the intensive care unit.
methodsA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted that included 463 adult patients with clinical and/or surgical diagnosis undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol. The overall muscle strength was evaluated at admission to the intensive care unit using the Medical Research Council scale. Patients were allocated to one of four intervention plans according to the Medical Research Council score, the suitability of the plan's parameters, and the increasing scale of the plan expressing improved functional status. Uncooperative patients were allocated to intervention plans based on their functional status. The overall muscle strength and/or functional status were reevaluated upon discharge from the intensive care unit by comparison between the Intervention Plans upon admission (Planinitial) and discharge (Planfinal). Patients were classified into three groups according to the improvement of their functional status or not: responsive 1 (Planfinal > Planinitial), responsive 2 (Planfinal = Planinitial) and unresponsive (Planfinal < Planinitial).
resultsIn total, 432 (93.3%) of 463 patients undergoing the protocol responded positively to the intervention strategy, showing maintenance and/or improvement of the initial functional status. Clinical patients classified as unresponsive were older (74.3 ± 15.1 years of age; p = 0.03) and had longer lengths of intensive care unit (11.6 ± 14.2 days; p = 0.047) and hospital (34.5 ± 34.1 days; p = 0.002) stays.
conclusionThe maintenance and/or improvement of the admission functional status were associated with shorter lengths of intensive care unit and hospital stays. The results suggest that the type of diagnosis, clinical or surgical, fails to define the positive response to an early rehabilitation protocol.
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