Factors related to quality of life 12 months after discharge from an intensive care unit

Long‐Term Functional Outcome After Intensive Care

“…We found that baseline functional status predicts post‐ICU functional ability, which parallels findings by Mata et al and others 20, 21 . In our cohort, advanced age rather than initial physiologic status impacted 6‐month recovery for survivors.…”

Outcome nach Intensivtherapie

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Long-term Outcomes of Mechanical Ventilation

“…Similarly, Konopad and colleagues showed that among the very elderly, health status may actually increase from baseline after an ICU admission [34]. Severity of illness is also a significant predictor of health status after discharge from the ICU [18,32,33]. Increasing age predicts decreased health status after critical illness in some studies [32,33], but other studies did not find age to be an important independent predictor of health status [17] and suggest that even those over the age of 70 who receive more than 30 days of intensive care are often satisfied with their health status and would choose to receive ICU care again if needed [30].…”

“…Several studies suggest that the health status prior to admission to the ICU is a strong predictor of the health status after discharge [32,33]. A study by Wehler and colleagues showed that patients with the best health status prior to critical illness were more likely to have reductions in their health status while those patients with the lowest health status prior to admission to an ICU were actually more likely to improve from their baseline health status [32].…”

“…Severity of illness is also a significant predictor of health status after discharge from the ICU [18,32,33]. Increasing age predicts decreased health status after critical illness in some studies [32,33], but other studies did not find age to be an important independent predictor of health status [17] and suggest that even those over the age of 70 who receive more than 30 days of intensive care are often satisfied with their health status and would choose to receive ICU care again if needed [30]. Schelling and colleagues showed that pulmonary function impairment predicted worse health status suggesting that treatment strategies designed to minimize lung injury may have diverse effects improving health status in ARDS survivors [35].…”