Mobilisation ‘in Bed’ Is Not Mobilisation

Review: longer bed rest does not prevent more postpuncture headaches than immediate mobilisation or short bed rest.

Main results 16 RCTs met the selection criteria; 1128 patients were assigned to long bed rest and 1083 patients were assigned to immediate mobilisation or short bed rest. Cervical or lumbar puncture was used for anaesthesia (5 trials), myelography (6 trials), and diagnostic reasons (5 trials). 11 trials compared bed rest with immediate mobilisation (0.5–24 h), and 5 trials compared longer bed r...

Early Mobilisation Following Stroke

Rehabilitation has been shown to influence brain recovery and to reduce the number of patients who are left handicapped following stroke; however, a question emerges in terms of the optimal time-point to initiate mobilisation. Very early mobilisation involves starting mobilisation including sitting up, getting out of bed, standing and walking, soon after stroke and continuing at frequent interv...

Tax revenue mobilisation in Ethiopia

Laparoscopic hepatic flexure mobilisation

Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2012; 94: 359–372 Many lower extremity, pelvic and acetabular fractures require traction as first aid management prior to definitive fixation. While skin traction and Thomas splints are generally available, weights to provide countertraction are often missing or in parts of the hospital remote to the emergency department. A sharps bin (Sharpsguard® orange 11.5; Daniels, Oxf...

Community mobilisation: myths and challenges.

As described in the papers in this issue, the Avahan India AIDS Initiative embraced the community mobilisation as a core strategy in its scaled HIV prevention programme, reflecting many of the guiding principles of the Sonagachi project in West Bengal. 2 The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), which is the nodal agency responsible for the development of HIV policies and programmes in Ind...