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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Main Authors: Harrold, M., Webb, S., Allison, Garry
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://www.atsjournals.org/doi/book/10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2013.D23
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49785