Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Prevalence Six Months after Critical Covid-19: Comparison between First and Second Waves.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the impact of improved intensive care for COVID-19 patients on the prevalence of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS).

Design

Ambispective cohort study.

Patients

Post-intensive care unit COVID-19 patients from the first and second waves of COVID-19.

Methods

Patients were evaluated at 6 months after infection. PICS was defined as the presence of a 1-min sit-to-stand test (1STS) score < 2.5th percentile or a Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) below the 2 standard deviation cut-off, or a Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale score ≥ 11.

Results

A total of 60 patients were included (34 from wave 1 and 26 from wave 2). Intensive care unit management improved between waves, with shorter duration of orotracheal intubation (7 vs 23.5 days, p

SUBMITTER: Rapin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9627539 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature