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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 3.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Care. 2012 Dec 4;58(8):1291–1298. doi: 10.4187/respcare.02155

Table 4. Comparison of Outcomes by Cohort.

Control Cohort
mean (range)
Rehabilitation Cohort
mean (range)
P
FEV1 (% predicted) at 3 months27 36 (25–44) 35 (21–43) .65
FEV1 (% predicted) at 12 months27 59 (43–66) 52 (34–70) .66
Best FEV1 (% predicted), any time in the first 12 months27 60 (43–69) 57 (43–70) .80
Walk distance at discharge, m 213 (0–457) 780 (91–1,829) .14
Total hospital stay, d 98 (51–151) 49 (31–63) .05
Total ICU stay, d 49 (39–60) 27 (22–33) .01
Days until free of mechanical ventilation for 48 h, post-transplant, d 34 (22–54) 4 (1–11) .01
ICU stay post-transplant, d 45 (34–56) 11 (6–21) .01
Days until tracheostomy removal, post-transplant, d 73 (44–104) 30 (13–46) .04
Hospital stay, post-transplant, d 80 (45–110) 26 (13–33) .01