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Implementing early physical rehabilitation and mobilisation in the ICU: institutional, clinician, and patient considerations

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Abbreviations

ADLs:

Activities of daily living

CAM-ICU:

Confusion assessment method for the ICU

CPAx:

Chelsea critical care physical assessment tool

CPOT:

Critical care pain observation tool

FSS-ICU:

Functional Status Score for the ICU

ICU:

Intensive care unit

IMS:

ICU Mobility Scale

PFIT-s:

Physical function in ICU test-scored

RASS:

Richmond Agitation and Sedation Scale

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  1. Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Level 7 Alan Gilbert Building, Parkville, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Selina M. Parry

  2. Nursing Research, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

    Peter Nydahl

  3. Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Dale M. Needham

  4. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Dale M. Needham

  5. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Dale M. Needham

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SMP and PN have no conflicts to declare. DMN is a principal investigator on a NIH-funded multi-site randomised trial (R01HL132887) evaluating nutrition and exercise in acute respiratory failure, and related to this trial, is currently in receipt of an unrestricted research grant and donated amino acid product from Baxter Healthcare Corporation and an equipment loan from Reck Medical Devices.

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SMP is in receipt of fellowship funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Grant No 1111640).

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Parry, S.M., Nydahl, P. & Needham, D.M. Implementing early physical rehabilitation and mobilisation in the ICU: institutional, clinician, and patient considerations. Intensive Care Med 44, 470–473 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4908-8

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