ECMO Survivors' Reflections on Their ICU Experience and Recovery.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As pediatric mortality improves, approaches to pediatric critical care now focus on understanding long-term implications of survivorship on patients and families. We aimed to characterize how patients recall time spent sedated and recovering to identify areas for improvement in patient outcomes.

Methods

We undertook qualitative analysis using semistructured interviews of pediatric patients requiring extra-corporeal support in our intensive care units from 2018 to 2023. All patients were English-speaking, >12 years old at time of hospitalization, and able to communicate at an age-appropriate level. Priority sampling was given to those with more recent hospitalizations to improve recall. Interviews were recorded and transcribed before thematic, inductive analysis.

SUBMITTER: Hendrickson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11524035 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature