Early mobilisation in ICU is far more than just exercise

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: tiwashyn@umich.edu.
² Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Theodore J Iwashyna et al. Lancet. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 1;388(10052):1351-1352.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31745-7.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: tiwashyn@umich.edu.
² Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

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Early, goal-directed mobilisation in the surgical intensive care unit: a randomised controlled trial.
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