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Quality of life, pulmonary function, and tomographic scan abnormalities after ARDS.
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June 2011
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron-Vall d'Hebron Research Institute-Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain; CIBERES, Instituto Salut Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad de España, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain.
Background: ARDS can produce a loss of lung function with persistent sequelae. This study aimed to evaluate health-related quality of life (HRQL) in survivors of ARDS compared with a healthy reference population and to determine the middle/long-term radiographic abnormalities and functional status, as well as their relation to observed HRQL, in these patients.
Methods: This was a prospective study carried out in three ICUs.