Early mobilization of intensive care unit patients: It's not that simple but can be done

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Editorial

Lina Bergman et al. Nurs Crit Care. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;25(6):337-338.

doi: 10.1111/nicc.12556.

¹ Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
² School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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