Symptom burden and health-related quality of life among intensive care unit survivors in Argentina: A prospective cohort study

• Published in: Journal of critical care Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 1049 - 1054
• Main Authors: Das Neves, Andrea V., MD, Vasquez, Daniela N., MD, Loudet, Cecilia I., MD, Intile, Dante, MD, Sáenz, María Gabriela, MD, Marchena, Cecilia, MD, Gonzalez, Ana L., MD, Moreira, Joaquin, MD, Reina, Rosa, MD, Estenssoro, Elisa, MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Argentina; Brain Injuries - psychology; Confidence intervals; Cost of Illness; Critical Care; Critical Illness - therapy; EuroQol-5D; Expected values; Female; Hospitalization; Hospitals; HRQOL; Humans; Illnesses; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units; Interviews; Male; Mechanical ventilation duration; Middle Aged; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; Ostomy; Patient Discharge; Patients; Physiology; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Rehabilitation; Respiration, Artificial; Respiratory distress syndrome; Studies; Surgery; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survivors; Traumatic brain injury sequelae; Urine; Variables; Weakness; Young Adult; Critical care; Mechanical ventilation duration; HRQOL; EuroQol-5D; Traumatic brain injury sequelae; Weakness

Abstract Purpose Our goal was to describe the evolution of selected physical and psychologic symptoms and identify the determinants of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge. Methods The study is a prospective cohort of consecutive adult patients admitted to...