Safety and feasibility of femoral catheters during physical rehabilitation in the intensive care unit

OBJECTIVE: Femoral catheters pose a potential barrier to early rehabilitation in the intensive care unit (ICU) due to concerns, such as catheter removal, local trauma, bleeding, and infection. We prospectively evaluated the feasibility and safety of physical therapy (PT) in ICU patients with femoral catheters. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS: We evaluated consecutive medical ICU patients who received PT with a femoral venous, arterial, or …