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Functional Scores of Disability

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The development of disability after critical illness is a complex process that is not well understood. Functional status, disability, and impairments are related terms that describe how a person performs in socially defined activities required to care for oneself. Confusion and misuse of these terms limits cross talk between professionals and slows research collaboration. Conceptual models from other disciplines focused on how disabilities develop can be useful for critical care providers and researchers to understand these processes. Improved use of terminology and an understanding of these models are important first steps in reducing this component of post-critical illness suffering.

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    Nathan E. Brummel MD, MSCI

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Charles Preiser

  2. Respiratory and CCM, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Margaret Herridge

  3. Medical Intensive Care Unit, AP-HP Saint-Louis Hospital, Paris, France

    Elie Azoulay

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Brummel, N.E. (2020). Functional Scores of Disability. In: Preiser, JC., Herridge, M., Azoulay, E. (eds) Post-Intensive Care Syndrome. Lessons from the ICU. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24250-3_14

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