Covid-19 and Post Intensive Care Syndrome: A Call for Action

Although we are currently overwhelmed by the astonishing speed of infection of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the daily onslaught of new, and ever-worsening predictions, it is vital that we begin to prepare for the aftershocks of the pandemic. Prominent among this will be the cohort of post-intensive ca...

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Published in:Journal of rehabilitation medicine 2020-04, Vol.52 (4), p.jrm00044-jrm00044
Main Authors: Stam, Henk J, Stucki, Gerold, Bickenbach, Jerome
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Betacoronavirus
Cohort Studies
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
covid-19, post intensive care syndrome, rehabilitation
Critical Care
Early intervention
Health care
Humans
Intensive care
Mechanical ventilation
Medical screening
Pandemics
Patient Discharge
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Post Intensive Care Syndrome
Rehabilitation
Respiration, Artificial
SARS-CoV-2
Subacute Care
Ventilation
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Summary:Although we are currently overwhelmed by the astonishing speed of infection of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the daily onslaught of new, and ever-worsening predictions, it is vital that we begin to prepare for the aftershocks of the pandemic. Prominent among this will be the cohort of post-intensive case survivors who have been mechanically ventilated and will like experience short- and medium-term consequences. The notion that patients surviving intensive care and mechanical ventilation for several weeks can be discharged home without further medical attention is a dangerous illusion. Post Intensive Care Syndrome and other severe conditions will require not only adequate screening but early rehabilitation and other interventions. Action must be taken now to prepare for this inevitable aftershock to the healthcare system.
ISSN:1650-1977
1651-2081
1651-2081
1650-1977
DOI:10.2340/16501977-2677