Impact of post-traumatic stress symptoms on the health-related quality of life in a cohort study with chronically critically ill patients and their partners: age matters

Abstract Background Survivors of an acute critical illness with continuing organ dysfunction and uncontrolled inflammatory responses are prone to become chronically critically ill. As mental sequelae, a post-traumatic stress disorder and an associated decrease in the health-related quality of life (...

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Main Authors: Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Katja Petrowski, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauß, Jenny Rosendahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2321-0