Of the 50 patients who required
mechanical ventilation, 20 (40%)
received physical therapy while still
ventilated, for a total of 36 physical
therapy sessions. The median time to
ordering of a physical therapist consultation
was similar for patients
requiring mechanical ventilation in
the NICU and those who did not
require mechanical ventilation
in the NICU (1.0 day [25%-75%
IQR=0.0-4.0] versus 1.0 day [25%-
75% IQR=0.0-2.8], P=. 35), but
patients needing mechanical ventilation
started physical therapy later
(5.0 days [25%-75% IQR=2.0-13-5]
versus 2.0 days [25%-75% IQR= 1.0 -
3-8], 7’=.0001)