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Early mobilisation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was safe and feasible: a pilot randomised controlled trial

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Acknowledgements

This work was completed with thanks to the staff, patients and families at The Alfred Hospital Victoria Australia, The Prince Charles Hospital Queensland Australia and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital New South Wales, Australia.

ECMO-PT Study Investigators Writing Group: Carol L. Hodgson (Chair)1,2, Kate Hayes2, Matthew Linnane3, Oystein Tronstad3,4, Nazmeen Reddy5, Meredith Young1,7, Heidi Buhr6, Natalie J. Linke1,7, Daniel M. Engeler1, Bentley J. Fulcher1, Alisa M. Higgins1, Jayne Sheldrake7, Jamie Cooper1,7, Michael J. Bailey1, Vincent A. Pellegrino7, on behalf of the International ECMO Network.

1Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Department of Physiotherapy, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 3Physiotherapy Department, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 4Critical Care Research Group (CCRG), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; 5Department of Physiotherapy, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 6The Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 7Department of Intensive Care, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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  1. Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Level 3, 553 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia

    Carol L. Hodgson, Kate Hayes, Matthew Linnane, Oystein Tronstad, Nazmeen Reddy, Meredith Young, Heidi Buhr, Natalie J. Linke, Daniel M. Engeler, Bentley J. Fulcher, Alisa M. Higgins, Jayne Sheldrake, Jamie Cooper, Michael J. Bailey & Vincent A. Pellegrino

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The ECMO-PT Study Investigators

  • Carol L. Hodgson
  • , Kate Hayes
  • , Matthew Linnane
  • , Oystein Tronstad
  • , Nazmeen Reddy
  • , Meredith Young
  • , Heidi Buhr
  • , Natalie J. Linke
  • , Daniel M. Engeler
  • , Bentley J. Fulcher
  • , Alisa M. Higgins
  • , Jayne Sheldrake
  • , Jamie Cooper
  • , Michael J. Bailey
  •  & Vincent A. Pellegrino

International ECMO Network

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The ECMO-PT Study Investigators., International ECMO Network. Early mobilisation during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was safe and feasible: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Intensive Care Med 46, 1057–1059 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-05994-8

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