What is it about?
This is a quick , reliable and valid tool to measure the level of mobilization a patient can achieve in the ICU.
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Why is it important?
The ICU mobility scale allows reliable and valid comparisons of the level of mobilization from day to day in one patient, or to compare the level of mobilization between patients.
Perspectives
This was an international collaboration to measure mobilization in the ICU using a quick, easy, valid and reliable scale.
Dr Carol L Hodson
Monash University
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This page is a summary of: The ICU Mobility Scale Has Construct and Predictive Validity and Is Responsive. A Multicenter Observational Study, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, June 2016, American Thoracic Society,
DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.201510-717oc.
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