What is stopping us from early mobility in the intensive care unit?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2254-2255

  Fan, Eddy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

artificial; critical care; culture; intensive care units; occupational therapy; physical therapy modalities; respiration

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BED REST; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MOBILIZATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SEDATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; TIME;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049415483     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f8477d     Document Type: Editorial

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