Search results for "Mobilization"
Early mobilization associated with worse outcomes in ICU patients with diabetes
Patients with diabetes in the ICU who received minimized sedation and physiotherapy were at higher risk for death at 180 days than those without, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/29/early-mobilization-associated-with-worse-outcomes-in-icu-patients-with-diabetes.htm
29 May 2024
Corticosteroids bundled with other interventions didn't improve outcomes in CAP
An Australian trial randomized hospital patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) to a week of corticosteroids, de-escalation to oral antibiotics, early mobilization, and malnutrition screening and treatment.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/07/17/2.htm
17 Jul 2019
October 2012
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February 1, 2023
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May 29, 2024
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/05/29/
ACOVE quality indicators may improve care in hospitalized elderly
Clinicians administered a checklist during rounds, which assessed for prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism, indwelling bladder catheters, mobilization, and delirium evaluation—four commonly encountered components of Assessing Care of Vulnerable Elders (ACOVE).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/07/12/2.htm
12 Jul 2017
Mobilization after stroke: Is sooner better?
Mobilization is generally considered appropriate therapy, but there is no firm guidance on how early it should begin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/10/stroke.htm
15 Oct 2012
Guideline released on stopping mechanical ventilation in critically ill adults
The goal of the guideline from the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society is to help clinicians determine when patients with acute respiratory failure can breathe on their own, as well as provide clinical advice that may increase chances for successful extubation.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2016/11/02/2.htm
2 Nov 2016
Early mobilization significantly reduced cognitive impairment in ICU patients, trial finds
Less than a quarter of patients randomized to early occupational and physical therapy while ventilated were cognitively impaired at one year, compared to 43% of those who received usual care, a single-center study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/02/01/early-mobilization-significantly-reduced-cognitive-impairment-in-ICU-patients-trial-finds.htm
1 Feb 2023
ICU clinician education increased guideline compliance, decreased ICU brain dysfunction
A trial in the Netherlands required ICU nurses and physicians to complete two e-learning programs, one focused on delirium screening and the other focused on recommendations from the American College of Critical Care Medicine's 2013 guidelines on pain, agitation, and delirium.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/01/16/3.htm
16 Jan 2019