Exploring the capacity to ambulate after a period of prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Purpose: The purposes were to assess the functional recovery of those who survived a prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stay by reporting the proportion who were able to ambulate independently at hospital discharge and also to examine if the time duration between admission and when the patient firs...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Patman, Shane, Dennis, D., Hill, Kylie
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11189