Exercising the critically ill may help speed recovery
Research shows even a little activity may benefit patients
Published: May 19, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) —The intensive care unit is a last frontier for physical therapy: It’s hard to exercise patients hooked to ventilators. Some hospitals do...
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D. Clark Files
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Terry Culler
University of Washington
respiratory failure
University of Washington
North Carolina
WASHINGTON
LEXINGTON
WINSTON-SALEM
United States
pneumonia
critical illness
dangerous inflammatory process
serious injuries
profound muscle weakness
physical therapy
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Ruanne Culler
Forest Baptist
ICU specialist

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