Early mobilization protocols for critically ill pediatric patients: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the existing early mobilization protocols in pediatric intensive care units.

Methods

A systematic literature review was performed using the databases MEDLINE®, Embase, SciELO, LILACS and PeDRO, without restrictions of date and language. Observational and randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials that described an early mobilization program in patients aged between 29 days and 18 years admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit were included. The methodological quality of the studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, Methodological Index for Non-Randomized Studies and the Cochrane Collaboration.

Results

A total of 8,663 studies were identified, of which 6 were included in this review. Three studies described the implementation

SUBMITTER: Piva TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6649221 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature