Days Spent at Home and Mortality After Critical Illness: A Cluster Analysis Using Nationwide Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beyond the question of short-term survival, days spent at home could be considered a patient-centered outcome in critical care trials.

Research question

What are the days spent at home and health care trajectories during the year after surviving critical illness?

Study design and methods

Data were extracted on adult survivors spending at least 2 nights in a French ICU during 2018 who were treated with invasive mechanical ventilation or vasopressors or inotropes. Trauma, burn, organ transplant, stroke, and neurosurgical patients were excluded. Stays at home, death, and hospitalizations were reported before and after ICU stay, using state sequence analysis. An unsupervised clustering method was performed to identify cohorts based on post-ICU trajectories.

SUBMITTER: Martin GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10107061 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature