Survivorship after COVID-19 ICU stay

Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2020 Jul 15;6(1):60. doi: 10.1038/s41572-020-0201-1.

Abstract

Prior studies of patient survivorship after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay suggest that many critically ill patients with COVID-19 will face long-lasting physical, cognitive and/or mental health impairments. This anticipated survivorship experience highlights the importance of collaboration between the fields of critical care and rehabilitation to optimize post-COVID-19 recovery.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anxiety / psychology
  • Anxiety / rehabilitation
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Chronic Disease / psychology
  • Chronic Disease / rehabilitation*
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / rehabilitation
  • Contracture / rehabilitation
  • Coronavirus Infections / rehabilitation*
  • Critical Illness / psychology
  • Critical Illness / rehabilitation*
  • Depression / psychology
  • Depression / rehabilitation
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Muscle Weakness / rehabilitation
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / rehabilitation*
  • Polyneuropathies / rehabilitation
  • Quality of Life
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / psychology
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / rehabilitation
  • Survivorship*
  • Wasting Syndrome / rehabilitation

Supplementary concepts

  • postintensive care syndrome