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01-12-2003 | Original

Follow-up after intensive care: a single center study

Authors: Reidar Kvåle, Atle Ulvik, Hans Flaatten

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2003

Abstract

Objectives

To study health problems, quality of life, functional status, and memory after intensive care.

Setting

Adult patients (n=346) discharged from a university hospital ICU.

Design and methods

Prospective cohort study. Follow-up patients were found using the ICU database and the Peoples Registry. Quality of life (QOL) was measured with the Short Form 36 (SF-36) 6 months after ICU discharge. Semi-structured interviews, questionnaires, Glasgow Outcome Score (recovery), and Karnofsky Index (functional status) were used at consultations 7–8 months after ICU discharge.

Results

The SF-36 response rate was 64.5%, with scores significantly lower than population scores. Consultation patients (n=136) did not differ from the rest (n=210) regarding age, SAPS II scores, length of stay (LOS), and reasons for ICU admission. At follow-up 67.6% of consultation patients continued most activities, 75% looked after themselves, and 64.7% were non-workers, compared to 40.4% before the ICU admission. During and after the ICU stay, 40% lost more than 10 kg body weight. Fifty-eight (43%) could not remember anything from their ICU stay. At follow-up only 22 (16%) could remember having received information during their ICU stay. Three patients needed referral to other specialities.

Conclusions

We should focus more on optimizing symptom management and giving repeated information after ICU discharge. Nutritional status and weight loss is another area of concern. More research is needed to find out how the broad range of psychosocial and physical problems following an ICU stay relates to the stay.

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Title: Follow-up after intensive care: a single center study
Authors: Reidar Kvåle
Atle Ulvik
Hans Flaatten
Publication date: 01-12-2003
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2003
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-003-2034-2

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Follow-up after intensive care: a single center study

Abstract

Objectives

Setting

Design and methods

Results

Conclusions

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Abstract

Objectives

Setting

Design and methods

Results

Conclusions

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