Publications by authors named "Megan T Moyer"
BACKGROUND: Patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at a high risk for immobility due to their high acuity and need for invasive devices including external ventriculostomy drains (EVDs). Prolonged patient immobilization is associated with poor outcomes. METHODS: Whittemore and Knafl's 5-stage framework was used to conduct an integrative review to synthesize findings from quantitative research studies on early patient mobilization for patients with EVDs in the neurological ICU.
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- * Over a year, the unit evaluated the protocol and found that safe tight glycemic control could be maintained, with average blood glucose levels between 90 and 130 mg/dl by Day 2 post-implementation.
- * The article outlines the safe implementation of the protocol but emphasizes the need for further research to understand the long-term benefits for patients with neurocritical illnesses.