Journal article
Standardized rehabilitation and hospital length of stay among patients with acute respiratory failure a randomized clinical trial
PE Morris, MJ Berry, DC Files, JC Thompson, J Hauser, L Flores, S Dhar, E Chmelo, J Lovato, LD Case, RN Bakhru, A Sarwal, SM Parry, P Campbell, A Mote, C Winkelman, RD Hit, B Nicklas, A Chatterjee, MP Young
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association | AMER MEDICAL ASSOC | Published : 2016
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Physical rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) may improve the outcomes of patients with acute respiratory failure. OBJECTIVE To compare standardized rehabilitation therapy (SRT) to usual ICU care in acute respiratory failure. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Single-center, randomized clinical trial atWake Forest Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina. Adult patients (mean age, 58 years; women, 55%) admitted to the ICU with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation were randomized to SRT (n=150) or usual care (n=150) from October 2009 through May 2014 with 6-month follow-up. INTERVENTIONS Patients in the SRT group received daily therapy until hospital d..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.