Rationale: Family members of critically ill patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit
(ICU) often become caregivers, and they are at risk to develop adverse psychological …

Background The sequelae of sepsis were once thought to be independent of sepsis itself
and assumed to be either comorbid to sick patients or complications of critical illness …

Objective To identify research priorities in the management, epidemiology, outcome and
underlying causes of sepsis and septic shock. Design A consensus committee of 16 …

Introduction Patients and family members undergo different experiences of suffering from
emotional disorders during ICU stay and after ICU discharge. The purpose of this study was …

Sepsis is a prevalent health issue that can lead to central nervous system (CNS)
inflammation with long-term behavioral and cognitive alterations. Using unbiased proteomic …

Importance Sepsis survivorship is associated with postsepsis morbidity, but epidemiological
data from population-based cohorts are lacking. Objective To quantify the frequency and co …

Aim To determine the symptoms seen in patients after discharge from an intensive care unit
(ICU) and the follow‐up programmes offered to help patients deal with the problems that …

Aim To explore the effects of disability, depressive, anxiety and stress symptoms on patients'
and their partners' quality of life (QoL) using the actor–partner interdependence model …

Sepsis is systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a life-threatening organ
dysfunction that is caused by an unbalanced host immune response in an attempt to …

Objectives: To examine the frequency of acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress
disorder in chronically critically ill patients with a specific focus on severe sepsis, to classify …