Physical Rehabilitation in the ICU: Is It Worth the Effort?

Franco Laghi^{1

2}, Hameeda Shaikh^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital (111N), Hines, IL.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.

Editorial

Franco Laghi et al. Crit Care Med. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 1;50(3):504-507.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000005289.

Franco Laghi^{1

2}, Hameeda Shaikh^{1

2}

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital (111N), Hines, IL.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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