Impact of Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Blood Purification Therapy on Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Objective: To investigate the effect on early mobilization in patients undergoing extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and acute blood purification therapy in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: We conducted this multicenter retrospective cohort study by collecting data from six ICUs in Japan. Consecutive patients who were admitted to the ICU, aged ≥18 years, and received mechanical ventilation for >48 hours were eligible.

Association Between Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness and Early Nutrition and Rehabilitation Intensity in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Multicenter Retrospective Observational Study.

Background: Muscle weakness in the intensive care unit (ICU), referred to as ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW), is a common complication observed in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. This study aimed to investigate whether rehabilitation intensity and nutrition during ICU admission are associated with the incidence of ICUAW.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients aged ≥18 years who were admitted to the ICU between April 2019 and March 2020 and who received mechanical ventilation for >48 h were eligible.

Association between the early mobilization of mechanically ventilated patients and independence in activities of daily living at hospital discharge.

Physical dysfunction after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU) is recognized as a common complication among ICU patients. Early mobilization (EM), defined as the ability to sit on the edge of the bed within 5 days, may help improve physical dysfunction. However, the barriers to, and achievement of, EM and their impact on physical dysfunction have not been fully investigated.

Effect of Early Rehabilitation Activity Time on Critically Ill Patients with Intensive Care Unit-acquired Weakness: A Japanese Retrospective Multicenter Study.

Objective: This study examined the risk factors in the early rehabilitation therapy of critically ill patients with weakness acquired in an intensive care unit and the impact of this therapy on walking independence after discharge from the hospital.

Method: Of the 764 consecutive patients transported to the study facilities by ambulance, newly admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), and treated with rehabilitation during hospitalization, 88 were included in this study after eliminating those who met a detailed list of exclusion criteria. To retrospectively examine the rate of walking independence and the effect of differing durations of rehabilitation activity, the study patients were divided into two groups: those with ICU-acquired weakness (AW) and those without ICU-acquired weakness (non-ICU-AW) on discharge from the ICU.