Pierre Kalfon, Wissam El-Hage, Marie-Agnès Geantot, Constance Favier, Laetitia Bodet-Contentin, Khaldoun Kuteifan, Pierre-Yves Olivier, Didier Thévenin, Julien Pottecher, Jullien Crozon-Clauzel, Bénédicte Mauchien, Arnaud Galbois, Roland de Varax, Sabine Valera, Philippe Estagnasie, Audrey Berric, Martine Nyunga, Nathalie Revel, Georges Simon, Benjamin Kowalski, Achille Sossou, Thomas Signouret, Marc Leone, Charles Delalé, Aurélien Seemann, Sigismond Lasocki, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Antoine Monsel, Olivier Michel, Mathieu Page, René-Gilles Patrigeon, Walid Nicola, Arnaud W Thille, Guillaume Hekimian, Pascal Auquier, Karine Baumstarck
BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) can affect one in five ICU survivors. At the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, admission to the ICU for COVID-19 was stressful due to the severity of this disease. This study assessed whether admission to the ICU for COVID-19 was associated with a higher prevalence of PTSD compared with other causes of ICU admission after adjustment for pre-ICU psychological factors...
March 14, 2024: Critical Care: the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum