Factors Associated With Discharge Home Among Medical ICU Patients in an Early Mobilization Program.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

One goal of early mobilization programs is to facilitate discharge home after an ICU hospitalization, but little is known about which factors are associated with this outcome. Our objective was to evaluate factors associated with discharge home among medical ICU patients in an early mobilization program who were admitted to the hospital from home.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of medical ICU patients in an early mobilization program.

Setting

Tertiary care center medical ICU.

Patients

Medical ICU patients receiving early mobilization who were community-dwelling prior to admission.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

A comprehensive set of baseline, ICU-related, and mobilization-related factors were tested for their asso

SUBMITTER: Kim RY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063960 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature