The surgical intensive care unit optimal mobility score predicts mortality and length of stay.

Objectives: To test if the surgical intensive care unit optimal mobility score predicts mortality and intensive care unit and hospital length of stay.

Design: Prospective single-center cohort study.

Setting: Surgical intensive care unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Early mobilization in critically ill patients: patients' mobilization level depends on health care provider's profession.

Objective: To evaluate whether the level of mobilization achieved and the barriers for progressing to the next mobilization level differ between nurses and physical therapists.

Design: Prospective, observational study.

Setting: Twenty-bed surgical intensive care unit (SICU) of the Massachusetts General Hospital.