CardiO Cycle: a pilot feasibility study of in-bed cycling in critically ill patients post cardiac surgery.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In-bed cycling is a novel modality for the initiation of early mobilization in the intensive care unit. No study has investigated its use in the critically ill, off-track post cardiac surgery population. Before conducting an effectiveness trial, feasibility data are needed. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility of in-bed cycling in a population of off-track cardiac surgery patients.

Methods

We conducted a prospective feasibility study in a 16-bed adult cardiac surgery intensive care unit in Ontario, Canada. Previously ambulatory adults (≥ 18 years) who were mechanically ventilated for ≥ 72 h were enrolled within 3 to 7 days post cardiac surgery. Twenty minutes of in-bed cycling was delivered by ICU physiotherapists 5 days/week. The primary outcome

SUBMITTER: Newman ANL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788703 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature