Post-intensive care syndrome after a critical COVID-19: cohort study from a Belgian follow-up clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Many patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) required critical care. Mid-term outcomes of the survivors need to be assessed. The objective of this single-center cohort study was to describe their physical, cognitive, psychological, and biological outcomes at 3 months following intensive care unit (ICU)-discharge (M3).

Patients and methods

All COVID-19 adults who survived an ICU stay ≥ 7 days and attended the M3 consultation at our multidisciplinary follow-up clinic were involved. They benefited from a standardized assessment, addressing health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-3L), sleep disorders (PSQI), and the three principal components of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS): physical status (Barthel index, handgrip and quadriceps strength), mental health d

SUBMITTER: Rousseau AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319705 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature