The safety of a novel early mobilization protocol conducted by ICU physicians: a prospective observational study

Table 3 Type and frequency of adverse events

	Adverse events (n = 13)	Event rate per 1000 rehabilitation sessions
Event
Patient intolerance^a	7 (54%)	12
Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension	6 (46%)	10
Fall to knees or ground	0 (0%)	0
Asynchrony with mechanical ventilation	0 (0%)	0
Tachycardia or bradycardia	0 (0%)	0
Arrhythmia	0 (0%)	0
Myocardial infraction associated symptom	0 (0%)	0
Tachypnea or bradypnea	0 (0%)	0
Desaturation	0 (0%)	0
Cardiopulmonary arrest	0 (0%)	0
Bleeding	0 (0%)	0
Inadvertent removal of medical devices	0 (0%)	0

Data are presented as number of occurrences with percentage
A total of 587 rehabilitation sessions were performed during the study period
^aPatients’ intolerance includes five episodes of extreme exhaustion and two episodes of exacerbation of abdominal pain in patients diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. There is no scale for exhaustion or pain

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