Determinants of long-term outcome in ICU survivors: results from the FROG-ICU study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive care unit (ICU) survivors have reduced long-term survival compared to the general population. Identifying parameters at ICU discharge that are associated with poor long-term outcomes may prove useful in targeting an at-risk population. The main objective of the study was to identify clinical and biological determinants of death in the year following ICU discharge.

Methods

FROG-ICU was a prospective, observational, multicenter cohort study of ICU survivors followed 1 year after discharge, including 21 medical, surgical or mixed ICUs in France and Belgium. All consecutive patients admitted to intensive care with a requirement for invasive mechanical ventilation and/or vasoactive drug support for more than 24 h following ICU admission and discharged from IC

SUBMITTER: Gayat E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5774139 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature