title: Mobility criteria for upright sitting with patients in the neuro/trauma intensive care unit: an analysis of length of stay and functional outcomes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Few studies have explored optimal advancement and variation in mobility and length of stay (LOS) data with critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of this study was to analyze the outcomes and LOS of critically ill patients in the neurotrauma ICU involved in rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A bidirectional case-control study of a total of 30 patients admitted to a level 1 trauma hospital in the metropolitan Chicago area with Glasgow Coma Score (GCS) of ≤12 (3-12) were studied. Functional outcomes of a structured mobility group were compared at first upright sitting and at ICU discharge using the functional independence measure (FIM). Retrospective LOS review of a group (n = 15) with unstructured activity advancement was compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main outcome measures were FIM scores and LOS in number of days. In the structured mobility group, a significant increase in functional performance between first upright sitting and ICU discharge was found (P < .005). Length of stay was shorter in the structured mobility groups but the difference was not statistically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results from this study revealed favorable functional outcomes for patients involved in a structured mobility program with physical therapy in the neuro/trauma ICU.
authors: Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Rehabilitation Science/Minor, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors: Bernadette T
authors: BT
authors: Gillick
authors: Wendy J
authors: WJ
authors: Marshall
authors: Wendy
authors: W
authors: Rheault
authors: Judy
authors: J
authors: Stoecker
keywords: brain hemorrhage; cerebrovascular trauma; neurocritical care; outcomes; physical therapy
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