Author, as appears in the article.: Ferre, Maria; Batista, Edgar; Solanas, Agusti; Martinez-Balleste, Antoni;

Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques

URV's Author/s: Ferré Bergadà, Maria / Martínez Ballesté, Antoni / Solanas Gómez, Agustín

Keywords: Smart health Sensors Scarce resources Rehabilitation Reducing costs Quality of life Potential benefits Physiotherapy Mobilization Mobile Intensive care units Intensive care unit Intensive care Information and communication technologies Humans Human Early mobilisation Early ambulation Critically-ill patients Critical illness Covid-19 Context-aware computing Clinician Adverse events Adult

Abstract: Critically ill patients that stay in Intensive Care Units (ICU) for long periods suffer from Post-Intensive Care Syndrome or ICU Acquired Weakness, whose effects can decrease patients' quality of life for years. To prevent such issues and aiming at shortening intensive care treatments, Early Mobilisation (EM) has been proposed as an encouraging technique: the literature includes numerous examples of the benefits of EM on the prevention of post-operative complications and adverse events. However, the appropriate application of EM programmes entails the use of scarce resources, both human and technical. Information and Communication Technologies can play a key role in reducing cost and improving the practice of EM. Although there is rich literature on EM practice and its potential benefits, there are some barriers that must be overcome, and technology, i.e., the use of sensors, robotics or information systems, can contribute to that end. This article reviews the literature and analyses on the use of technology in the area of EM, and moreover, it proposes a smart health-enhanced scenario.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Química Medicine (miscellaneous) Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Linguística e literatura Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Instruments & instrumentation Instrumentation Information systems Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engineering, electrical & electronic Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Electrochemistry Electrical and electronic engineering Educação física Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Chemistry, analytical Biotecnología Biodiversidade Biochemistry Atomic and molecular physics, and optics Astronomia / física Arquitetura, urbanismo e design Analytical chemistry

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: antoni.martinez@urv.cat agusti.solanas@urv.cat maria.ferre@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0002-1787-7410 0000-0002-4881-6215 0000-0003-2600-1362

Record's date: 2023-02-23

Journal volume: 21

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/16/5408

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Sensors. 21 (16):

APA: Ferre, Maria; Batista, Edgar; Solanas, Agusti; Martinez-Balleste, Antoni; (2021). Smart Health-Enhanced Early Mobilisation in Intensive Care Units. Sensors, 21(16), -. DOI: 10.3390/s21165408

Article's DOI: 10.3390/s21165408

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2021

Publication Type: Journal Publications