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Evaluation of functional independence after discharge from the intensive care unit

OBJECTIVE: 1) To evaluate the functional independence measures immediately after discharge from an intensive care unit and to compare these values with the FIMs 30 days after that period. 2) To evaluate the possible associated risk factors. METHODS: The present investigation was a prospective cohort...

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Autores principales: Curzel, Juliane, Forgiarini Junior, Luiz Alberto, Rieder, Marcelo de Mello
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23917973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20130019
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author Curzel, Juliane
Forgiarini Junior, Luiz Alberto
Rieder, Marcelo de Mello
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description OBJECTIVE: 1) To evaluate the functional independence measures immediately after discharge from an intensive care unit and to compare these values with the FIMs 30 days after that period. 2) To evaluate the possible associated risk factors. METHODS: The present investigation was a prospective cohort study that included individuals who were discharged from the intensive care unit and underwent physiotherapy in the unit. Functional independence was evaluated using the functional independence measure immediately upon discharge from the intensive care unit and 30 days thereafter via a phone call. The patients were admitted to the Hospital Santa Clara intensive care unit during the period from May 2011 to August 2011. RESULTS: During the predetermined period of data collection, 44 patients met the criteria for inclusion in the study. The mean age of the patients was 55.4±10.5 years. Twenty-seven of the subjects were female, and 15 patients were admitted due to pulmonary disease. The patients exhibited an functional independence measure of 84.1±24.2. When this measure was compared to the measure at 30 days after discharge, there was improvement across the functional independence variables except for that concerned with sphincter control. There were no significant differences when comparing the gender, age, clinical diagnosis, length of stay in the intensive care unit, duration of mechanical ventilation, and the presence of sepsis during this period. CONCLUSION: Functional independence, as evaluated by the functional independence measure scale, was improved at 30 days after discharge from the intensive care unit, but it was not possible to define the potentially related factors.
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spelling pubmed-40318252014-06-02 Evaluation of functional independence after discharge from the intensive care unit Curzel, Juliane Forgiarini Junior, Luiz Alberto Rieder, Marcelo de Mello Rev Bras Ter Intensiva Original Article OBJECTIVE: 1) To evaluate the functional independence measures immediately after discharge from an intensive care unit and to compare these values with the FIMs 30 days after that period. 2) To evaluate the possible associated risk factors. METHODS: The present investigation was a prospective cohort study that included individuals who were discharged from the intensive care unit and underwent physiotherapy in the unit. Functional independence was evaluated using the functional independence measure immediately upon discharge from the intensive care unit and 30 days thereafter via a phone call. The patients were admitted to the Hospital Santa Clara intensive care unit during the period from May 2011 to August 2011. RESULTS: During the predetermined period of data collection, 44 patients met the criteria for inclusion in the study. The mean age of the patients was 55.4±10.5 years. Twenty-seven of the subjects were female, and 15 patients were admitted due to pulmonary disease. The patients exhibited an functional independence measure of 84.1±24.2. When this measure was compared to the measure at 30 days after discharge, there was improvement across the functional independence variables except for that concerned with sphincter control. There were no significant differences when comparing the gender, age, clinical diagnosis, length of stay in the intensive care unit, duration of mechanical ventilation, and the presence of sepsis during this period. CONCLUSION: Functional independence, as evaluated by the functional independence measure scale, was improved at 30 days after discharge from the intensive care unit, but it was not possible to define the potentially related factors. Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC4031825/ /pubmed/23917973 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20130019 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Evaluation of functional independence after discharge from the intensive care unit
title_sort evaluation of functional independence after discharge from the intensive care unit
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031825/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23917973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20130019
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