Quality of life and life satisfaction are severely impaired in patients with long-term invasive ventilation following ICU treatment and unsuccessful weaning

Quality of life and life satisfaction are severely impaired in patients with long-term invasive ventilation following ICU treatment and unsuccessful weaning

Abstract Background Health-related quality of life (HRQL), life satisfaction, living conditions, patients’ attitudes towards life and death, expectations, beliefs and unmet needs are all poorly understood aspects associated with patients receiving invasive home mechanical ventilation (HMV) following...

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Main Authors: Sophie Emilia Huttmann, Friederike Sophie Magnet, Christian Karagiannidis, Jan Hendrik Storre, Wolfram Windisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Health-related quality of life
Home mechanical ventilation
ICU outcome
Respiratory failure
Tracheostomy
End of life
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-018-0384-8

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