Table 1.

Preliminary evidence for recovery time as an indicator of resilience and prognosis for recovery after passing TPs in the average course of a range of chronic diseases.

Discipline	Disease	Recovery time	Disease state predicted by longer recovery time
Cardiology	Arrhythmia	QTc elongation time	Torsade de Pointe arrhythmia
G-enterology	Colitis	Clearing time Clostridium Dif.	Clostridium Dif. overgrowth
Geriatrics	Falls	Centre of mass recovery time	Falls, loss of balance
Hematology	Acute leukemia	Lymphocyte recovery time	Relapse of disease
Immunology	Breast cancer	Lymphocyte recovery time	Relapse of disease
Neurology	Epilepsy	Seizure recovery time	Epileptic state
Oncology	Neck cancer	Lesion regression time	Relapse state
Psychiatry	Depression	Positive mood recovery time	Depressed state
Public health	Smoking	Craving decay over time	Relapse of smoking
Pulmonology	Tube-ventilation	Ventilation recovery time	Ventilation weaning failure

For evidence base, see Stratton et al., 1982; Fish et al., 2004; Seymour et al., 2008; Kubicki et al., 2012; Lahti et al., 2014; van de Leemput et al., 2014; Matoba et al., 2015.