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. 2023 Aug;49(8):1000-1004.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-023-07088-7. Epub 2023 May 9.

To mobilise or not to mobilise: is that the right question?

Carol L Hodgson  1   2   3   4 , Michelle E Kho  5   6   7 , Vinicius Maldaner da Silva  8   9
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To mobilise or not to mobilise: is that the right question?

Carol L Hodgson et al. Intensive Care Med. 2023 Aug.
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Conflict of interest statement

CH was supported by an NHMRC Investigator grant and was the lead investigator on the TEAM trial published in the NEJM in 2022 and referenced in this manuscript. MK is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Rehabilitation and Knowledge Translation. She is leading a randomised control trial of in-bed cycle ergometry with critically ill patients, and received a loan of 3 RT300 supine ergometers from Restorative Therapies (Baltimore, MD) for her research.

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