Functional recovery of chronically critically ill patients in the first days after discharge from the intensive care unit: Feasibility of the 6-minute step test.

Viviane Roccasecca Sampaio GaiaEduardo Leite Vieira CostaWellington Pereira YamagutiDavi de Souza FranciscoRenata Rego Lins Fumis

Published in: PloS one (2023)

The 6MST was a feasible measure of functional capacity in chronically critically ill patients early after ICU discharge. Patients had functional capacity well below predicted values.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
intensive care unit

peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors

patient reported outcomes
mechanical ventilation

acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation