Mobilisation of critically ill patients receiving norepinephrine: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobilisation and exercise intervention in general are safe and feasible in critically ill patients. For patients requiring catecholamines, however, doses of norepinephrine safe for mobilisation in the intensive care unit (ICU) are not defined. This study aimed to describe mobilisation practice in our hospital and identify doses of norepinephrine that allowed a safe mobilisation.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective single-centre cohort study of 16 ICUs at a university hospital in Germany with patients admitted between March 2018 and November 2021. Data were collected from our patient data management system. We analysed the effect of norepinephrine on level (ICU Mobility Scale) and frequency (units per day) of mobilisation, early mobilisation (within 72 h of ICU ad

SUBMITTER: Lindholz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9700948 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature