ArticleCritical care explorations2020
The Effects of Early Mobilization on Patients Requiring Extended Mechanical Ventilation Across Multiple ICUs.
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- Effectiveness of Nurse-Led Early Mobility Protocols on the Outcomes of Critical Care Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Barriers to Mobility in the ICU: Insights from Severe COVID-19 and Implications for Improving Patient Outcomes.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025Article
- Factors affecting early mobilization among critically Ill patients in Southern West Bank Hospitals.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Body-weight support gait training in neurological intensive care: safety, feasibility, and delays before walking with or without suspension.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Observational
- Inpatient Rehabilitation Issues Related to COVID-19.Physical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectives1) To successfully implement early mobilization of individuals with prolonged mechanical ventilation in multiple ICUs at a tertiary care hospital and 2) to reduce length of stay and improve quality of care to individuals in the ICUs.
designComparative effectiveness cohort study based on a quality improvement project.
settingFive ICUs at a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS: A total of 541 mechanically ventilated patients over a 2-year period (2014-2015): 280 and 261, respectively. Age ranged from 19 to 94 years (mean, 63.84; sd, 14.96).
interventionsA hospital-based initiative spurred development of a multidisciplinary team, tasked with establishing early mobilization in ICUs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsEarly mobilization in the ICUs was evaluated by the number of physical therapy consults, length of stay, individual treatment sessions utilizing functional outcomes, and follow-up visits. Implementation of an early mobilization protocol across all ICUs led to a significant increase in the number of physical therapy consults, a significant decrease in ICU and overall lengths of stay, significantly shorter days to implement physical therapy, and a significantly higher physical therapy follow-up rate.
conclusionsMobilizing individuals in an intensive care setting decreases length of stay and hospital costs. With an interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, and evaluate stages of the program, a successful early mobilization program can be implemented across all ICUs simultaneously and affect change in patients who will require prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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