Early passive mobilization increases vascular reactivity response in critical patients with sepsis: a quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To investigate the influence of a passive mobilization session on endothelial function in patients with sepsis.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental double-blind and single-arm study with a pre- and postintervention design. Twenty-five patients with a diagnosis of sepsis who were hospitalized in the intensive care unit were included.

Patterns of vascular response immediately after passive mobilization in patients with sepsis: an observational transversal study.

Sepsis is a serious organ dysfunction leading to endothelial damage in critical patients. Physiologically, there is an augment of vascular diameter in response to increased vascular blood flow and shear stress stimulus. However, the pattern of vascular response in face of passive mobilization (PM), an early mobilization physical strategy, has not yet been explored in patients with sepsis.