• Critical care clinics · Jan 2025

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    Creating a Culture of an Awake and Walking Intensive Care Unit: In-Hospital Strategies to Mitigate Post-Intensive Care Syndrome.

    • Kali Dayton, Heidi Lindroth, Heidi J Engel, Mikita Fuchita, Phillip Gonzalez, Peter Nydahl, Joanna L Stollings, and Leanne M Boehm.
    • Dayton ICU Consulting, 13816 East 41st Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99206, USA.
    • Crit Care Clin. 2025 Jan 1; 41 (1): 121140121-140.

    AbstractThe ABCDEF bundle and Awake and Walking intensive care unit (ICU) approach aim to prevent the long-term consequences of critical illness (ie, post-intensive care syndrome) by promoting patient wakefulness, cognition, and mobility. Humanizing the ICU experience is the key, preserving patients' function and autonomy. Successful implementation requires cultivating an ICU culture focused on avoiding sedatives and initiating prompt mobilization, addressing organizational barriers through tailored strategies. Overall, these patient-centered, mobility-focused models offer a holistic solution to the complex challenge of preventing post-intensive care syndrome and supporting critical illness survivors.Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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