Mobile Critical Care Recovery Program for Survivors of Acute Respiratory Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Published in JAMA Network Open. Here is a link to the article.

Regenstrief Institute authors: Babar Khan, M.D., M.S., Sikandar H. Khan, D.O., M.D., Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH, Frederick W. Unverzagt, PhD, (affiliated scientist), Sujuan Gao, PhD, (affiliated scientist)

In a randomized clinical trial of 466 survivors of acute respiratory failure, a 12-month nurse-led, interdisciplinary post-ICU care program (m-CCRP) did not significantly improve quality of life compared to a telephone-based control. While mortality was slightly lower in the intervention group, hospitalization rates were higher. The findings suggest that post-ICU interventions may need to be more targeted to benefit specific patient subgroups.

Authors:

Babar A. Khan^1,2,3,4, Anthony J. Perkins⁵, Sikandar Hayat Khan^1,2,3, Frederick W. Unverzagt⁶, Sue Lasiter⁷, Sujuan Gao⁵, Sophia Wang⁶, Ben L. Zarzaur⁸, Omar Rahman¹, Ahmed Eltarras¹, Hadi Qureshi², Malaz A. Boustani^1,2,3,4

Affiliations:

¹Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

²Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis.

³Regenstrief Institute Inc, Indianapolis, Indiana.

⁴Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science, Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, Indianapolis.

⁵Department of Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

⁶Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

⁷School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Missouri, Kansas City.

⁸Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison.