ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Effect of Early Rehabilitation on Physical Function in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Nationwide Inpatient Database Study.
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- Effects of early rehabilitation on functional outcomes in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized controlled trial.The Journal of international medical research · 2022Trial
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- Opportunities and Barriers in Telerehabilitation for Coronary Bypass Patients: A Case Study from the Faroe Islands.Telemedicine reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Delayed Postoperative Rehabilitation on Patients with Valvular Heart Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Physical performance on the early 6-minute walk test in coronary artery bypass grafting patients during inpatient cardiac rehabilitation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Early achievement of walkability after cardiac surgery and the risk of cardiovascular disease after hospital discharge.ESC heart failure · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Early Cardiac Rehabilitation After Cardiac Surgery - Verification Using Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination Data.Circulation reports · 2022Article
- Early ICU mobilisation predicting functional impairment at hospital discharge. Author's reply.Intensive care medicine · 2022Article
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-10 Years after Its Proposal and Future Directions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Acute-Phase Initiation of Cardiac Rehabilitation for Short-Term Improvement in Activities of Daily Living in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2022Article
- Effect of Early Exercise Rehabilitation on Cardiopulmonary Function and Quality of Life in Patients after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Efficacy of Early and Enhanced Respiratory Physiotherapy and Mobilization after On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Determining Factors for Independent Walking in Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery: Differences between Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Heart Valve Surgery, and Aortic Surgery.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
It is unclear when to begin rehabilitation after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in the intensive care unit (ICU). Using the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination inpatient database from 2010 to 2018, we identified adult patients who underwent a CABG and who were admitted to the ICU for ≥3 consecutive days from the date of their CABG. Patients who started any rehabilitation program prescribed by physicians or therapists within 3 days of CABG were defined as the early rehabilitation group, and the remaining patients were defined as the usual care group. We identified 30,568 eligible patients, with 13,150 (43%) patients in the early rehabilitation group. An inverse probability of treatment weighting analyses showed that the Barthel Index score at discharge in the early rehabilitation group was significantly higher than that in the usual care group (difference: 3.2; 95% confidence interval: 1.5-4.8). The early rehabilitation group had significantly lower in-hospital mortality, total hospitalization costs, length of ICU stay, and hospital stay vs. the usual care group. Our results suggested that early rehabilitation by physicians or therapists beginning within 3 days of CABG was safe, as suggested by the low mortality and improved physical function in patients who underwent CABG.
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