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SUBMITTER: Kerckhoffs MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6534510 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kerckhoffs Monika C MC Kosasi Felicia F L FFL Soliman Ivo W IW van Delden Johannes J M JJM Cremer Olaf L OL de Lange Dylan W DW Slooter Arjen J C AJC Kesecioglu Jozef J van Dijk Diederik D
Intensive care medicine 20190306 6
<h4>Purpose</h4>Survivors of critical illness often suffer from reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) due to long-term physical, cognitive, and mental health problems, also known as post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Some intensive care unit (ICU) survivors even consider their state of health unacceptable. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of self-reported unacceptable outcome of ICU treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>Patients who were admitted to the ICU for at least 4 ...[more]