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.