Effectiveness, Safety, and Barriers to Early Mobilization in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 8

Criteria for termination of mobilization.

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(i) Tachycardia (>140 beats/min)

(ii) Bradycardia (<50 beats/min)

(iii) Arrhythmias

(iv) Hypertension—systolic blood pressure >180 mm Hg

(v) Hypotension—systolic blood pressure < 80 mm Hg

(vi) Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension

(vii) Mean arterial pressure <60 or >110 mm Hg

(viii) Oxygen saturation < 88%

(ix) Asynchrony with mechanical ventilation

(x) Abnormality in respiratory rate—>40 breaths/min or <5 breaths/min

(xi) Significant use of accessory muscles

(xii) Significant chest pain

(xiii) Excessive pallor or flushing of the skin

(xiv) Extreme fatigue

(xv) Patient’s intolerance or request to stop

(xvi) Hemorrhage and unexpected removal of medical devices such as the chest tube, endotracheal tube, feeding tube, abdominal drain,             urinary catheter, arterial catheter, hemodialysis catheter, or venous catheter

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