Chest CT features are associated with poorer quality of life in acute lung injury survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite decreasing mortality rates in acute lung injury, studies of long-term physical function in acute lung injury survivors have consistently reported poorer quality of life persisting years into recovery for reasons that are not completely understood. We sought to determine if pulmonary dysfunction is independently associated with functional impairment among acute lung injury survivors and to determine if high-resolution computed tomography could be used to predict its development.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial in acute lung injury.

Setting

ICUs at three academic medical centers.

Patients

Patients diagnosed with acute lung injury who had high-resolution computed tomography scans performed at 14 and/or 180 da

SUBMITTER: Burnham EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3671861 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature