Functional Outcomes of Adults with Left Ventricular Assist Devices Receiving Inpatient Rehabilitation
Conclusions:
The patients with LVADs in this study achieved clinically meaningful functional gains from inpatient rehabilitation that compared favorably with national benchmarks for patients with cardiac diagnoses. The majority of the subjects were successfully discharged home. IRUs should consider implementing rehabilitation programs for this growing patient population.
Source: PM and R - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Elizabeth Nguyen, Joel Stein Tags: Original Research Source Type: research