Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors

This research examined successive phases of recovery in people who had survived an intensive care unit (ICU) admission for acute lung injury (ALI). On ICU discharge, when compared with a general ICU population, ALI survivors experienced greater impairment in exercise capacity and strength, and when...

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Main Author: Mackney, Jennifer Helen
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78726
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description This research examined successive phases of recovery in people who had survived an intensive care unit (ICU) admission for acute lung injury (ALI). On ICU discharge, when compared with a general ICU population, ALI survivors experienced greater impairment in exercise capacity and strength, and when examined after hospital discharge, these limitations were related to deconditioning, and impaired pulmonary and cardiac function. A subsequent high intensity training program was safe and effective in improving exercise capacity.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-787262020-04-20T04:14:07Z Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors Mackney, Jennifer Helen This research examined successive phases of recovery in people who had survived an intensive care unit (ICU) admission for acute lung injury (ALI). On ICU discharge, when compared with a general ICU population, ALI survivors experienced greater impairment in exercise capacity and strength, and when examined after hospital discharge, these limitations were related to deconditioning, and impaired pulmonary and cardiac function. A subsequent high intensity training program was safe and effective in improving exercise capacity. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78726 Curtin University fulltext
spellingShingle Mackney, Jennifer Helen
Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title_full Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title_fullStr Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title_full_unstemmed Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title_short Acute Lung Injury (ALI): Evaluating and Improving Functional Outcomes in Survivors
title_sort acute lung injury (ali): evaluating and improving functional outcomes in survivors
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78726