Once
physical therapy was initiated,
patients who needed mechanical
ventilation received less frequent
physical therapy sessions per week
in the NICU (1.9 [25%-75%
IQR= 1.2-3.5] versus 4.7 [25%-75%
IQR= 1.4-7.0], P=,01) and over the
entire course of the hospitalization
(2.8 [25%—75% IQR= 1.4-4.51 versus
4.4 [25%-75% IQR=2.2-7.0],
P=.01) than those who never
required mechanical ventilation
(Tab. 2). Physical therapy sessions in
the NICU for patients requiring
mechanical ventilation were more
likely to include ROM interventions
than physical therapy sessions for
patients who did not need mechanical
ventilation (68% versus 13% of
sessions, PC.0001)