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01-02-2021 | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | What's New in Intensive Care

Ten reasons for focusing on the care we provide for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19

Authors: Élie Azoulay, J. Randall Curtis, Nancy Kentish-Barnes

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2021

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The novel coronavirus has become a worldwide threat and healthcare crisis. Since its outbreak in China at the end of 2019, the pandemic has affected millions of people and caused several hundred thousand deaths globally [1]. Approximately 20% of hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for hypoxemic respiratory failure, and 60 to 90% receive mechanical ventilation [2]. Human to human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs mostly through respiratory droplets and through direct contact with an infected patient [3], highlighting the importance of stay-at-home orders [4]. Stay-at-home orders, in addition to social distancing guidelines, general pandemic awareness, and restriction of hospital visits, has demonstrated effectiveness not only to reduce the number of people infected by each infected person, but also cumulative hospitalizations [4]. This short article discusses the multiple elements that contribute to the difficulty of caring for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in this context, drawing on evidence before and during the COVID-19 pandemic [5‐8]. …

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Title: Ten reasons for focusing on the care we provide for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19
Authors: Élie Azoulay
J. Randall Curtis
Nancy Kentish-Barnes
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Care
COVID-19
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06319-5

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