Impact of post-traumatic stress symptoms on the health-related quality of life in a cohort study with chronically critically ill patients and their partners: age matters

Abstract Background Survivors of an acute critical illness with continuing organ dysfunction and uncontrolled inflammatory responses are prone to become chronically critically ill. As mental sequelae, a post-traumatic stress disorder and an associated decrease in the health-related quality of life (...

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Published in:	Critical Care
Main Authors:	Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Katja Petrowski, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauß, Jenny Rosendahl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2019-02-01
Subjects:	Chronic critical illness Intensive care unit (ICU) Post-traumatic stress symptoms Sepsis Partners Post-Intensive Care Syndrome-Family (PICS-F)
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2321-0