The Development of Chronic Critical Illness Determines Physical Function, Quality of Life, and Long-Term Survival Among Early Survivors of Sepsis in Surgical ICUs.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study sought to examine mortality, health-related quality of life, and physical function among sepsis survivors who developed chronic critical illness.

Design

Single-institution, prospective, longitudinal, observational cohort study assessing 12-month outcomes.

Setting

Two surgical/trauma ICUs at an academic tertiary medical and level 1 trauma center.

Patients

Adult critically ill patients that survived 14 days or longer after sepsis onset.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Baseline patient characteristics and function, sepsis severity, and clinical outcomes of the index hospitalization were collected. Follow-up physical function (short physical performance battery; Zubrod; hand grip strength) and health-related qua

SUBMITTER: Gardner AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6422682 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature