Mobilidade funcional de pacientes críticos em terapia intensiva: um estudo piloto

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Objective – To evaluate and compare the functional mobility of critically ill patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) on admission and discharge. Methods – A pilot study performed at the General ICU and Neurosurgical ICU of a school hospital in São José do Rio Preto, SP. We prospectively selected adult patients between 18 and 60 years of age, sedated, on invasive mechanical ventilation. Sociodemographic, clinical and hemodynamic data were identified at admission to the unit and the functional mobility scale at ICU (EMU), admission and discharge at the unit were applied. Inferential statistics were used with Wilcoxon test. The level of significance was p ≤ 0.05. Results– The sample consisted of 28 patients, a higher prevalence (54%) of males, with a mean age of 54.56 ± 22.52 years. The most prevalent hospitalization specialty was neurological with 57%. There was a significant (p <0.0001) increase in functional mobility between admission (0.25 ± 0.44) and high (2.21 ± 1.77) ICU. Conclusion – This sample of critically ill patients hospitalized in a sedated intensive care unit and in invasive mechanical ventilation evolved with a statistically significant improvement in functional mobility in the comparison between admission and discharge. However, in clinical terms, there was no evolution in the functionality of this sample of patients from admission to discharge from the ICU.