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Thursday 28 May 2015

Stress disorders following prolonged critical illness in survivors of severe sepsis

Stress disorders following prolonged critical illness in survivors of severe sepsis. Critical Care Medicine, May 2015, Vol. 43(6), p.1213-22.

Wintermann, G.B., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2015/06000/Stress_Disorders_Following_Prolonged_Critical.10.aspx

 To examine the frequency of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in chronically critically ill patients with a specific focus on severe sepsis, to classify different courses of stress disorders from 4 weeks to 6 months after transfer from acute care hospital to postacute rehabilitation, and to identify patients at risk by examining the relationship between clinical, demographic, and psychological variables and stress disorder symptoms.

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