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Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit
Joint Authors
Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna
Gatty, Aishwarya
Samuel, Stephen Rajan
Amaravadi, Sampath Kumar
Source
Critical Care Research and Practice
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-11-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Purpose.
Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) are generally confined to bed leading to limited mobility that may have detrimental effects on different body systems.
Early mobilization prevents or reduces these effects and improves outcomes in patients following critical illness.
The purpose of this review is to summarize different aspects of early mobilization in intensive care.
Methods.
Electronic databases of PubMed, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, and Scopus were searched using a combination of keywords.
Full-text articles meeting the inclusion criteria were selected.
Results.
Fifty-six studies on various aspects such as the effectiveness of early mobilization in various intensive care units, newer techniques in early mobilization, outcome measures for physical function in the intensive care unit, safety, and practice and barriers to early mobilization were included.
Conclusion: Early mobilization is found to have positive effects on various outcomes in patients with or without mechanical ventilation.
The newer techniques can be used to facilitate early mobilization.
Scoring systems—specific to the ICU—are available and should be used to quantify patients’ status at different intervals of time.
Early mobilization is not commonly practiced in many countries.
Various barriers to early mobilization have been identified, and different strategies can be used to overcome them.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna& Gatty, Aishwarya& Samuel, Stephen Rajan& Amaravadi, Sampath Kumar. 2020. Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Research and Practice،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138539
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna…[et al.]. Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Research and Practice No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138539
American Medical Association (AMA)
Alaparthi, Gopala Krishna& Gatty, Aishwarya& Samuel, Stephen Rajan& Amaravadi, Sampath Kumar. Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit. Critical Care Research and Practice. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1138539
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1138539