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Editorial
. 2012 Aug 15;186(4):302-4.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201206-1138ED.

Trajectories of recovery and dysfunction after acute illness, with implications for clinical trial design

Theodore J Iwashyna
Editorial

Trajectories of recovery and dysfunction after acute illness, with implications for clinical trial design

Theodore J Iwashyna. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Prototypical trajectories of recovery. The upper gray line extending past critical illness is the counterfactual trajectory of functioning that would have occurred, had the patient not developed critical illness.
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