SynthesisRevista Brasileira de terapia intensiva
Safety criteria to start early mobilization in intensive care units. Systematic review.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Efficacy of suspension-based lower-limb rehabilitation device in enhancing lower limb function among patients with ICU-acquired weakness: a self-controlled randomized clinical trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2026Trial
- Early Cardiac Rehabilitation for Critically Ill Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Assessing the impact of early progressive mobilization on moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury: a randomized controlled trial.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Trial
- Rapid chest compression effects on intracranial pressure in patients with acute cerebral injury.Trials · 2022Trial
- Saudi Guideline for Mechanical Ventilation in Adults.Saudi journal of medicine & medical sciences · 2026Article
- Safety recommendations on laboratory and blood count values for early mobilization in critically ill adults: an expert consensus.Critical care science · 2026Article
- Physical Therapist-Led Therapeutic Exercise and Mobility in Adult Intensive Care Units: A Scoping Review of Operational Definitions, Dose Progression, Safety, and Documentation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Exploring Early Mobilization Practices in Adult Intensive Care Units in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Mobilizing Progress: A Comprehensive Review of the Efficacy of Early Mobilization Therapy in the Intensive Care Unit.Cureus · 2024Review
- Perceived Barriers of Clinical Roles Towards Intensive Care Unit Mobility.Rehabilitation research and practice · 2024Article
- Physical and respiratory therapy in the critically ill patient with obesity: a narrative review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Early Mobilization for Critically Ill Patients.Respiratory care · 2023Review
- Association between hospital acquired disability and post-discharge mortality in patients after living donor liver transplantation.BMC surgery · 2022Article
- Mobilisation of critically ill patients receiving norepinephrine: a retrospective cohort study.Critical care (London, England) · 2022Article
- Inter-observer reliability of trained physiotherapists on the Functional Status Score for the Intensive Care Unit Chilean-Spanish version.Physiotherapy theory and practice · 2022Article
- Limited Mobility to the Bed Reduces the Chances of Discharge and Increases the Chances of Death in the ICU.Clinics and practice · 2021Article
- Respiratory Support Adjustments and Monitoring of Mechanically Ventilated Patients Performing Early Mobilization: A Scoping Review.Critical care explorations · 2021Article
- Improving Mobility in Critically Ill Patients in a Tertiary Care ICU: Opportunities and Challenges.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2021Article
- Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit.Critical care research and practice · 2020Review
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Abstract
Mobilization of critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units should be performed based on safety criteria. The aim of the present review was to establish which safety criteria are most often used to start early mobilization for patients under mechanical ventilation admitted to intensive care units. Articles were searched in the PubMed, PEDro, LILACS, Cochrane and CINAHL databases; randomized and quasi-randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, comparative studies with or without simultaneous controls, case series with 10 or more consecutive cases and descriptive studies were included. The same was performed regarding prospective, retrospective or cross-sectional studies where safety criteria to start early mobilization should be described in the Methods section. Two reviewers independently selected potentially eligible studies according to the established inclusion criteria, extracted data and assessed the studies' methodological quality. Narrative description was employed in data analysis to summarize the characteristics and results of the included studies; safety criteria were categorized as follows: cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, orthopedic and other. A total of 37 articles were considered eligible. Cardiovascular safety criteria exhibited the largest number of variables. However, respiratory safety criteria exhibited higher concordance among studies. There was greater divergence among the authors regarding neurological criteria. There is a need to reinforce the recognition of the safety criteria used to start early mobilization for critically ill patients; the parameters and variables found might contribute to inclusion into service routines so as to start, make progress and guide clinical practice.
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