Results from the implementation of a protocol to improve mobilisation rates in a heterogeneous intensive care unit patient population
Rationale: Critically ill patients receiving care in an intensive care unit (ICU) experience weakness of respiratory and skeletal muscle that is worse than that experienced by bed rest alone. This weakness is associated with an increased duration of mechanical ventilation and hospital length of stay...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/book/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2013.D23 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49785 |