Fig. 2

Average level of complaints as assessed by the dVAS-MC compared with clinical characteristics collected during the acute or postacute stages (duration of mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit stay, acute hospitalization, and postacute inpatient rehabilitation) or at the time of testing (level of dyspnoea). The left scale, in days, concerns acute and postacute characteristics (bars), the right scale indicates scores (1–10) collected at the time of testing (lines)