Physical Function Trajectories in Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Survivorship from critical illness has improved; however, factors mediating the functional recovery of persons experiencing a critical illness remain incompletely understood.

Objectives

To identify groups of acute respiratory failure (ARF) survivors with similar patterns of physical function recovery after discharge and to determine the characteristics associated with group membership in each physical function trajectory group.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, using group-based trajectory modeling to identify distinct subgroups of patients with similar physical function recovery patterns after ARF. Chi-square tests and one-way analysis of variance were used to determine which variables were associated with trajector

SUBMITTER: Gandotra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6441696 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature