Early Active Mobilization during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU.
null nullCarol L HodgsonMichael BaileyRinaldo BellomoKathy BrickellTessa BroadleyHeidi BuhrBelinda J GabbeDoug W GouldMeg HarroldAlisa M HigginsSally HurfordTheodore J IwashynaAry Serpa NetoAlistair D NicholJeffrey J PresneillStefan J SchallerJanani SivasuthanClaire J TippingSteven WebbPaul Jeffrey YoungPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
Among adults undergoing mechanical ventilation in the ICU, an increase in early active mobilization did not result in a significantly greater number of days that patients were alive and out of the hospital than did the usual level of mobilization in the ICU. The intervention was associated with increased adverse events. (Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Health Research Council of New Zealand; TEAM ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03133377.).