Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion

• Adults, ≥ 18 years of age

• Mechanically ventilated (MV) for ≥ 48 h with no immediate plans to extubate in the next 24 h

Exclusion

• Patients who have a contraindication to enteral feeding

• Limit of medical treatment order in place or imminent death

• Pre-morbid disability causing inability to ambulate > 10 m independently (+/− gait aid)

• Pregnancy

• The treating clinician considers the intervention not in the patients best interest or too burdensome