Chair(s): Peter J. Wijkstra, Heleen Demeyer
Session type: Hot topics
Session content
Sabrina Eggmann
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Inge Gryson
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Michele Vitacca
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Carolyn Rochester
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Discussion and Q&A
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Session aims
to address issues pertaining to the optimal frequency, modality and timing of early rehabilitation in critically ill patients based on the results of a recent landmark multicentre trial; to discuss the role of respiratory muscle conditioning in improving weaning outcomes and functional recovery of mechanically ventilated patients based on the results of the recent IMPROVE randomised trial; to increase awareness of the complicated and persistent morbidity and resulting rehabilitation needs that follow critical illness, reviewing recent studies on outcomes after critical illness; to provide experts with guidance on how to design a personalised rehabilitation program for intensive care unit survivors.