Safety of patient mobilization and rehabilitation in the intensive care unit: Systematic review with meta-analysis

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 766-777

  Nydahl, Peter ^a   Sricharoenchai, Thiti ^b   Chandra, Saurabh ^c   Kundt, Firuzan Sari ^d   Huang, Minxuan ^e   Fischill, Magdalena ^f   Needham, Dale M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Northwell Health   (United States)

^d PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

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

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Early ambulation; Exercise; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CATHETER REMOVAL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FALLING; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; META ANALYSIS; MOBILIZATION; NEWCASTLE-OTTAWA SCALE; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CASE MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT SAFETY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 85018977607     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201611-843SR     Document Type: Review

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