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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">JOHS</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Journ of Health Scien</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of HealthCare Sciences</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Journ of Health Scien</abbrev-journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn>
      <issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">169</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">http://dx.doi.org/10.52533/JOHS.2023.30603</article-id>
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      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Critical Care and Intensive Care Unit</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>The Role of Early Mobilization and Physiotherapy Interventions in the Recovery of Critically Ill Patients in the Intensive Care Unit&#13;
</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Aboshoushah</surname>
            <given-names>Enass</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alhefzi</surname>
            <given-names>Faris</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alasiri</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>AlMubali</surname>
            <given-names>Fatimah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alqahtani</surname>
            <given-names>Khalid</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alshahrani</surname>
            <given-names>Abdullah</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alqahtani</surname>
            <given-names>Ahmed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Qahtani</surname>
            <given-names>Saeed Al</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Almuabbiri</surname>
            <given-names>Majed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Allehyani</surname>
            <given-names>Yasser</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Alalawi</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammed</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>18</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
      <fpage>181</fpage>
      <lpage>188</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2009</copyright-year>
        <license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">
          <license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Early mobilization and physiotherapy (emp) interventions are valuable strategies to address the challenges faced by critically ill patients in the ICU. These interventions aim to minimize the negative consequences of immobility and promote recovery by targeting muscle weakness, joint stiffness, respiratory complications, and prolonged immobilization. By implementing a multidisciplinary approach and tailoring interventions to individual patient needs, emp interventions have shown promising outcomes. They can enhance physical function, prevent complications, shorten ICU and hospital stays, promote psychological well-being, and improve long-term outcomes. Key considerations for successful implementation include assessing patient eligibility, fostering multidisciplinary collaboration, developing individualized plans, initiating interventions early, gradually progressing the intensity, ensuring patient safety, involving caregivers, and maintaining comprehensive documentation. By addressing these factors, healthcare professionals can effectively implement emp interventions in the ICU, improving the overall rehabilitation and recovery of critically ill patients.&#13;
</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>critical care</kwd>
        <kwd> intensive care unit</kwd>
        <kwd> exercise</kwd>
        <kwd> physiotherapy</kwd>
        <kwd> mobilization</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
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