Interdisciplinary Treatment for Survivors of Critical Illness due to COVID-19: Expanding the Post-Intensive Care Recovery Model and Impact on Psychiatric Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Post-intensive care unit recovery programs for survivors of critical illness related to COVID-19 remain limited, ever-evolving, and under active investigation. Mental health professionals have an emerging role within this multidisciplinary care model.

Objective

This article explores the design and implementation of an intensive care unit follow-up clinic in New Orleans during the era of COVID-19. Survivors of a critical illness due to COVID-19 were offered multidisciplinary outpatient treatment and systematic psychological screening up to 6 months after the initial clinic visit.

Methods

We implemented a prospective, observational study at a post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) clinic for survivors of a critical illness related to COVID-19 embedded within an

SUBMITTER: Sayde GE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9884613 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature