Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (Mar 2022)

Early Mobilization Prescription in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Systematic Review

  • Mayara Gabrielle Barbosa Borges,
  • Daniel Lago Borges,
  • Mariane Oliveira Ribeiro,
  • Lara Susan Silva Lima,
  • Karolina Carneiro Morais Macedo,
  • Vinicius José da Silva Nina

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2021-0140
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 37, no. 2
pp. 227 – 238

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ABSTRACT Introduction: Early mobilization of patients in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery who are hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a practice that has a positive impact. Methods: This is a systematic review of studies published until September 2020 in the Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (or MEDLINE®), Embase, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (or PEDro), Scientific Electronic Library Online (or SciELO), and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (or LILACS) databases. Randomized clinical trials describing mobilization protocols performed early in ICU patients after cardiac surgery were included. Results: According to the eligibility criteria, only 14 of the 1,128 articles found were included in the analysis. Early mobilization protocols were initiated in the immediate postoperative period or first postoperative day. The resources and technics used were progressive mobilization, cycle ergometer, early bed activities, walking protocols, resistance exercise, and virtual reality. Intensity of the mobilization activities was determined using the Borg scale and heart rate. Conclusion: Early mobilization protocols are generalist (not individual), and low-intensity exercises are used, through progressive mobilization, with two daily physical therapy sessions, during 10 to 30 minutes.

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