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To: Patient functionality and walking speed after discharge from the intensive care unit |

TO THE EDITOR

The subject approached by Silva and Santos’ work ‘Patient functionality and walking speed after discharge from the intensive care unit’⁽⁾ is highly important, considering the need for the functional and physical capabilities assessment in patients after discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU); this is aimed to provide quality indicators to guide the clinical practice.^(-) However, caution is necessary when analyzing and interpreting their results.

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