Why the study?
Does a severity score based on duration of positive pressure ventilation and lowest static thoracic compliance predict pulmonary function impairment in ARDS survivors?
Population
51 adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) survivors
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
at least 1 year
Authors
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May support targeted PFT surveillance in high-risk ARDS survivors; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Does a severity score based on duration of positive pressure ventilation and lowest static thoracic compliance predict pulmonary function impairment in ARDS survivors?
A simple score based on duration of positive pressure ventilation and lowest static thoracic compliance can predict impaired pulmonary function more than 1 year after ARDS.
Suchyta et al. (2009) studied this question.
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