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Impact of the Chelsea critical care physical assessment (CPAx) tool on clinical outcomes of surgical and trauma patients in an intensive care unit: An experimental study

BACKGROUND: Critically ill patients following traumatic injury or major surgery are at risk of loss of skeletal muscle mass, which leads to decreased physical function. Early rehabilitation in an intensive care unit (ICU) is thought to preserve or restore physical functioning. The Chelsea critical c...

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Autores principales: Whelan, Megan, van Aswegen, Heleen, Corner, Evelyn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AOSIS 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6131696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214949
http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajp.v74i1.450