ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
Characterizing usual-care physical rehabilitation in Canadian intensive care unit patients: a secondary analysis of the Canadian multicentre Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength pilot randomized controlled trial
An erratum to this article was published (Can J Anaesth, Nov 2024 ↗)
Authors' conclusion
In the usual-care arm of the CYCLE pilot RCT, PR was delivered on half of ICU days and over half of patients stood, marched, or walked. Adverse events during usual-care PR were uncommon.
Study context
- Population
- Critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients enrolled in the Canadian CYCLE pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT), seven Canadian centres
- Participants
- 30 patients · 7 Canadian centres
- Primary endpoint
- Description of the usual-care PR received by critically ill patients in the CYCLE pilot RCT
Methodological detailsmulticentre, descriptive
- Multicentre
- Descriptive
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Usual-care PR delivered
ICU stay, median [IQR], days
10
9–24
Days with physical rehabilitation (PR), median [IQR]
5
3–9
PR duration per day, median [IQR], min
23
17–30
Patients who stood, marched or walked during usual care
Eighteen patients (60%)
Safety
Transient adverse events during usual-care PR
- Patients with transient adverse events
- 3
- Days with transient adverse events
- 1.5% (3/198)
- Adverse events prompting session termination
- 0
Original publication
Characterizing usual-care physical rehabilitation in Canadian intensive care unit patients: a secondary analysis of the Canadian multicentre Critical Care Cycling to Improve Lower Extremity Strength pilot randomized controlled trial. Can J Anaesth. Published 24 September 2024. doi:10.
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