Abstract
Background Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with critical illness often experience significant physical impairments, which typically persist for many years following resolution of the original illness. Physical rehabilitation interventions that enhance restoration of physical function have been evaluated across the continuum of recovery following critical illness including within the ICU, following discharge to the ward, and beyond hospital discharge. Multiple systematic reviews have been published appraising the expanding evidence investigating such physical rehabilitation interventions, although there appears to be variability in review methodology and quality.
Highlights
Patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with critical illness often experience significant physical impairments, which typically persist for many years following resolution of the original illness
Physical rehabilitation interventions that enhance restoration of physical function have been evaluated across the continuum of recovery following critical illness including within the ICU, following discharge to the ward, and beyond hospital discharge
To conduct an overview of existing systematic reviews of physical rehabilitation interventions for adult intensive care patients across the continuum of recovery. This protocol is registered on PROSPERO (CRD 42015001068)
Summary
Physical rehabilitation interventions for adult intensive care patients across the continuum of recovery: an overview of systematic reviews. Bronwen Connolly1,2*, Kathryn McDowell, Brenda O’Neill, Lisa Salisbury, Bronagh Blackwood. From 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference Glasgow, UK. From 3rd International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference Glasgow, UK. 16-17 November 2015
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