Use the Back button in your browser to see the other results of your search or to select another record.
Mobilization and early hospital discharge for patients with acute myocardial infarction -- literature review |
Lopes JL, dos Santos JT, de Lima SC, de Barros ALB |
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem 2008 Apr-Jun;21(2):345-350 |
systematic review |
OBJECTIVE: This study was a literature review with the purpose of analyzing articles comparing early and late mobilization and those comparing early and late discharge for patients with acute myocardial infarction. METHODS: The literature review was performed using the LILACS and Medline databases (1966 to 2007), and the length of the resting period, the hospitalization and possible complications were analyzed. RESULTS: We selected 18 articles; 11 of them compared early and late mobilization and 7 compared early and late discharge. The length of the resting period in the early mobilization group varied from 2 to 10 days and 5 to 28 days for the longest resting period. The early discharge group stayed in the hospital from 3 to 14 days and the late discharge group stayed in the hospital from 5 to 21 days. CONCLUSION: The studies show that there is no evidence of complications related to short periods of bed rest and hospitalization.
|