Can Early Rehabilitation on the General Ward after an Intensive Care Unit Stay Reduce Hospital Length of Stay in Survivors of Critical Illness?: A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 607-615

  Gruther, Wolfgang ^a   Pieber, Karin ^a   Steiner, Irene ^a   Hein, Cornelia ^a   Hiesmayr, Jörg Michael ^a   Paternostro Sluga, Tatjana ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b DANUBE HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Discharge; Intensive Care; Mobilization; Muscle Wasting; Neuromuscular Weakness

Indexed keywords

AGED; APACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILIZATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALK TEST;

AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EARLY AMBULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT TRANSFER; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALK TEST;

EID: 85011807040     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: 15377385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000000718     Document Type: Article

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