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Determination of functional prognosis in hospitalized patients following an intensive care admission
Natália A Ferreira, Agnaldo José Lopes, Arthur S Ferreira, George Ntoumenopoulos, Jerffesson Dias, Fernando S Guimaraes
Natália A Ferreira, Agnaldo José Lopes, Arthur S Ferreira, Fernando S Guimaraes, Rehabilitation Sciences Post-Graduation Program, Augusto Motta University Centre, Rio de Janeiro 21041-020, Brazil
Natália A Ferreira, Jerffesson Dias, Physical Therapy Department, Barra D’Or Hospital, Rio de Janeiro 22775-002, Brazil
Agnaldo José Lopes, Post-Graduation Program in Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-900, Brazil
George Ntoumenopoulos, George Ntoumenopoulos, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney NSW 2007, Australia
Fernando S Guimaraes, Physical Therapy Department, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-913, Brazil
Author contributions: Ferreira NA, Lopes AJ and Guimaraes FS designed the research and wrote the paper; Ferreira AS and Dias J performed the research and contributed for the project; Ferreira NA analyzed the data and reviewed the final version of the paper; Ntoumenopoulos G wrote and reviewed the final version of the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Augusto Motta University Centre.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data obtained from the hospital database.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships to disclose.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Fernando S Guimaraes, PT, PhD, Associate Professor, Rehabilitation Sciences Post-Graduation Program, Augusto Motta University Centre, Praça das Nações, 34, Bonsucesso, Rio de Janeiro 21041-010, Brazil. fguimaraes_pg@yahoo.com.br
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Received: March 7, 2016
Peer-review started: March 9, 2016
First decision: May 19, 2016
Revised: July 1, 2016
Accepted: August 17, 2016
Article in press: August 18, 2016
Published online: November 4, 2016
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