Walking While Dialyzing: A Retrospective Observation of Early Mobility and Ambulation for Patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy.

Objectives: To describe the practice of physical therapy for patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy and assess data related to the safety and feasibility of physical therapy interventions.

Design: A retrospective observational cohort study.

Patients: Surgical and cardiovascular patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy during a 2-year period from December 2016 to November 2018.

Improving Outcomes for Critically Ill Cardiovascular Patients Through Increased Physical Therapy Staffing.

Objective: To examine the effect of increasing physical therapy (PT) staff in a cardiovascular intensive care unit (CVICU) on temporal measures of PT interventions and on outcomes important to patients and hospitals.

Design: Retrospective pre/post subgroup analysis from a quality improvement initiative.

Setting: Academic medical center.