Safety of Patient Mobilization and Rehabilitation in the Intensive Care Unit. Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.

Peter NydahlThiti SricharoenchaiSaurabh ChandraFiruzan Sari KundtMinxuan HuangMagdalena FischillDale M Needham

Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2018)

Patient mobilization and physical rehabilitation in the ICU appears safe, with a low incidence of potential safety events, and only rare events having any consequences for patient management. Heterogeneity in the definition of safety events across studies emphasizes the importance of implementing existing consensus-based definitions.

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