ReviewAcute and critical care2019
Pulmonary and Physical Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients.
Review in Acute and critical care, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 34 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Prevalence of Altered Pulmonary Function Post-infection by COVID-19 and Impact of Participation in a Pilot Program of Comprehensive Rehabilitation in the Short and Medium-term
The Effect of Respiratory Exercise Applied to COPD Patients With Virtual Reality Glasses on Dyspnea, Anxiety and Quality of Life
Examination of the Effects of Kinesiology Tape Application for Respiratory Muscles on Early Functional Level and Respiratory Function in Intensive Care Unit Patients
Who cites it
34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 79 citations in OpenAlex.
- Korean clinical practice guidelines for rehabilitation in critically ill patients and post-intensive care syndrome.Acute and critical care · 2026Guideline
- The three stages of polytrauma rehabilitation- a recommendation and a systematic literature review on behalf of SICOT.International orthopaedics · 2025Pooled it
- Knowledge mapping and research trends on rehabilitation of patients with mechanical ventilation in the ICU from 2005 to 2024: a bibliometric analysis via CiteSpace and Bibliometrix.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Therapeutic Potential of Electromyostimulation (EMS) in Critically Ill Patients-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Efficacy of Physiotherapy Interventions on Weaning in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Enhancing pulmonary function and arterial blood gas readings through immediate chest physiotherapy among extubated patients in ICU.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Trial
- Korean Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Patients and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2026Article
- Consensus on the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during the perioperative period of lung transplantation.World journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Functional recovery of patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury after extended and standard early rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- The Effort, Dyspnea, and Cooperation Scores in Mild and Moderate Post-COVID-19 Patients: Results of a Retrospective Study.Advances in respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Physiotherapy in the Daily Work of an Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The effect of extended early rehabilitation on the treatment outcome of patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Mixed drug overdose involving clonazepam, alprazolam, and olanzapine in a 72-year-old male with Parkinson's disease: a case report.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
- The Long-Term Impact of COVID-19 on Disability after Post-Acute Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Novel Method for Sealing Tracheostomies Immediately after Decannulation-An Acute Clinical Feasibility Study.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- PEI/MMNs@LNA-542 nanoparticles alleviate ICU-acquired weakness through targeted autophagy inhibition and mitochondrial protection.Open life sciences · 2024Article
- Pulmonary rehabilitation in the intensive care unit using surface electromyography in a patient with diaphragmatic injury: A case report.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Systemic and Cerebral Effects of Physiotherapy in Mechanically Ventilated Subjects.Respiratory care · 2023Observational
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- Expert consensus on liver transplantation perioperative evaluation and rehabilitation for acute-on-chronic liver failure.Liver research (Beijing, China) · 2022Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Some patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) because of an acute illness, complicated surgery, or multiple traumas develop muscle weakness affecting the limbs and respiratory muscles during acute care in the ICU. This condition is referred to as ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW), and can be evoked by critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP), critical illness myopathy (CIM), or critical illness polyneuromyopathy (CIPNM). ICUAW is diagnosed using the Medical Research Council (MRC) sum score based on bedside manual muscle testing in cooperative patients. The MRC sum score is the sum of the strengths of the 12 regions on both sides of the upper and lower limbs. ICUAW is diagnosed when the MRC score is less than 48 points. However, some patients require electrodiagnostic studies, such as a nerve conduction study, electromyography, and direct muscle stimulation, to differentiate between CIP and CIM. Pulmonary rehabilitation in the ICU can be divided into modalities intended to remove retained airway secretions and exercise therapies intended to improve respiratory function. Physical rehabilitation, including early mobilization, positioning, and limb exercises, attenuates the weakness that occurs during critical care. To perform mobilization in mechanically ventilated patients, pretreatment by removing secretions is necessary. It is also important to increase the strength of respiratory muscles and to perform lung recruitment to improve mobilization in patients who are weaned from the ventilator. For these reasons, pulmonary rehabilitation is important in addition to physical therapy. Early recognition of CIP, CIM, and CIPNM and early rehabilitation in the ICU might improve patients' functional recovery and outcomes.
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