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. 2020 Mar 12:8:21.
doi: 10.1186/s40560-020-0436-7. eCollection 2020.

Comment on Early versus delayed mobilization for in-hospital mortality and health-related quality of life among critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Okada et al., Journal of Intensive Care 2019)

K Friedrich Kuhn  1 , Stefan J Schaller  1
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Comment on Early versus delayed mobilization for in-hospital mortality and health-related quality of life among critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Okada et al., Journal of Intensive Care 2019)

K Friedrich Kuhn et al. J Intensive Care. .

Abstract

Critical comment on the review by Okada et al. on the effect of early versus delayed mobilization because of their definition of early mobilization as mobilization within a week of ICU admission in contrast to current evidence.

Keywords: Critical illness; Early mobilization; ICU.

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Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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    Okada Y, Unoki T, Matsuishi Y, Egawa Y, Hayashida K, Inoue S. Okada Y, et al. J Intensive Care. 2020 Mar 13;8:22. doi: 10.1186/s40560-020-00438-3. eCollection 2020. J Intensive Care. 2020. PMID: 32191227 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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