Search Tag: mental health

ICU Management

Mental-health-morbidity-among-icu-survivors-and-caregivers

2022 14 Jun

There is significant evidence that patients who survive critical illness experience morbidity after discharge from the ICU. This is commonly referred to as the post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). In addition to a negative impact on the physical health of ICU survivors, PICS also includes mental health morbidity.  Studies have shown that mechanically...Read more

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Icu-mental-health-in-the-ongoing-pandemic-how-will-we-be-okay

2021 19 Apr

After a year of this pandemic, this article explores what we currently understand about the psychological impact experienced by ICU teams and provides practical guidance to help build personal and team resilience as the journey with COVID-19 continues with no end in sight. Introduction When COVID-19 emerged as a new pathogen, the pictures...Read more

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Post-intensive-care-syndrome-a-necessary-harm-in-the-critically-ill

2020 24 Nov

Critically ill patients can develop a series of complications due to ICU risk factors that may lead to permanent disability. The implementation of strategies to reduce its incidence is essential. N owadays, the possibilities of survival of critically ill patients have grown due to technological and medical advances. This leads to...Read more

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Life-after-covid-19-hospitalisation

2020 14 Nov

Findings from a new study show that surviving a case of COVID-19 that is severe enough to require hospitalisation can be quite challenging, but life after the ICU stay is also not a bed of roses.  The study includes data from 1250 patients treated in 38 hospitals. The average age of the participants is 62 years, and 83% of the patients lived at...Read more

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Moral-injury-the-invisible-epidemic

2020 08 Jul

The world has seen the loss of many healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Many have succumbed to the virus, but some have taken their own lives amid all this misery. As trauma and grief continue to plague healthcare workers, it is time to take a look at the invisible epidemic: moral injury.   All across the globe, healthcare workers are...Read more

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Emergency-nurses-susceptible-to-death-anxiety

2015 15 Jul

The nature of their work and daily exposure to death and other mortality cues make emergency nurses highly susceptible to death anxiety, according to a paper published online in the journal Emergency Nurse . Death anxiety, or "thanatophobia", is a state in which people experience negative emotional reactions in recognition of their own mortality....Read more