January 1, 1989Archives of Internal Medicine

Intensive care unit patient follow-up. Mortality, functional status, and return to work at six months

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Population

1545 patients who had received care in the general medical-surgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care…

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Cohort

Follow-up

six months

Authors

DMDiane J. MundtENVIRON (United States)

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Implication

Challenges assumptions of lesser impairment in younger elective ICU survivors; hypothesis-generating for targeted post-discharge support strategies.

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Population

1545 patients who had received care in the general medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital

Outcome

Mortality, functional status, and return to work at six monthspatient reported

Six months after general ICU discharge, survivors experience significant physical and psychological compromise, with younger elective patients reporting similar impairment to older emergency patients.

Limitations

Vital status could not be ascertained for 200 patients
Only 70% of known living patients responded to the questionnaire

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Diane J. Mundt (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0870ee107d9dc007107b60 https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.149.1.68

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Implication

Challenges assumptions of lesser impairment in younger elective ICU survivors; hypothesis-generating for targeted post-discharge support strategies.

Intensive care unit patient follow-up. Mortality, functional status, and return to work at six months

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

Intensive care unit patient follow-up. Mortality, functional status, and return to work at six months

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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