Functional evolution of critically ill patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol

Functional evolution of critically ill patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol

OBJECTIVE Evaluation of the functional outcomes of patients undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol for critically ill patients from admission to discharge from the intensive care unit. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted that included 463 adult patients with clinical and/or surgical diagnosis undergoing an early rehabilitation protocol. The overall muscle strength...

Early mobilization improves functional outcomes in critically ill patients

physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial.

Effect of an early neurocognitive rehabilitation on autonomic nervous system in critically ill patients

Introduction Recent clinical and electrophysiological studies reveal a high incidence of autonomic nervous system (ANS) dysfunction in patients treated in ICU [1]. ANS disturbances may produce diverse and unexpected consequences. For instance, critically ill patients are at risk of neurocognitive impairments that may persist after hospital discharge. Among various pathophysiological mechanisms ...

Predicting evolution of critically ill patients

In this paper we describe an interesting application of temporal data mining, predicting the evolution of critically ill patients. We point out several issues which make this application particularly challenging. We outline our work in progress and discuss directions for further work.

Early recognition of critically ill patients.