Population
504 patients discharged from a general intensive care unit over a 4.5 year period
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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Post-ICU health status varies widely and defies prediction by age, diagnosis or severity; hypothesis-generating for recovery research and should not yet change practice.
Self-reported health and activity levels 3 months after ICU discharge vary widely but cannot be predicted by age, diagnosis, or admission sickness severity.
Munn et al. (1995) studied this question.
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