Luca Carenzo, Leonardo Zini, Cesare Mercalli, Niccolò Stomeo, Angelo Milani, Katia Amato, Roberto Gatti, Elena Costantini, Romina Aceto, Alessandro Protti, Maurizio Cecconi
BACKGROUND: Survivors of severe COVID-19 related respiratory failure may experience durable functional impairments. We aimed at investigating health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), physical functioning, fatigue, and cognitive outcomes in COVID-19 patients who received invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). METHODS: Case-series, prospective, observational cohort study at 18 months from hospital discharge. Patients referring to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Humanitas Research Hospital (Milan, Italy) were recruited if they needed IMV due to COVID-19 related respiratory failure...
March 12, 2024: Journal of Critical Care