Erschienen in:
30.09.2016 | Editorial
Improving outcomes after critical illness: harder than we thought!
verfasst von:
Carol Hodgson, Brian H. Cuthbertson
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 11/2016
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Excerpt
In this edition of
Intensive Care Medicine, Nordisk et al. report the results of the RAPIT study [
1], a pragmatic, multicenter, randomized controlled trial of a nurse-led individualized intensive care unit (ICU) recovery program compared to standard care. The intervention group received consultations that included a guided illness narrative supported with photographs taken by ICU nurses during ICU care. This trial randomized 386 adults and found no difference in the primary outcome of health-related quality of life (QoL). It adds to the growing number of trials that have failed to improve patient-centered outcomes after critical illness (Table
1), and we reflect on factors that may contribute to this state of affairs. …