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PubMed: 36202259 DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.09.035
Psychological Morbidity After COVID-19 Critical Illness.
Chest 163(1):139-147
Authors: Keerthana Sankar, Michael K Gould, Hallie C Prescott
Affiliations
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
- Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA.
- Department of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Abstract
Survivors of ICU hospitalizations often experience severe and debilitating symptoms long after critical illness has resolved. Many patients experience notable psychiatric sequelae such as depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that may persist for months to years after discharge. The COVID-19 pandemic has produced large numbers of critical illness survivors, warranting deeper understanding of psychological morbidity after COVID-19 critical illness. Many patients with critical illness caused by COVID-19 experience substantial post-ICU psychological sequelae mediated by specific pathophysiologic, iatrogenic, and situational risk factors. Existing and novel interventions focused on minimizing psychiatric morbidity need to be further investigated to improve critical care survivorship after COVID-19 illness. This review proposes a framework to conceptualize three domains of risk factors (pathophysiologic, iatrogenic, and situational) associated with psychological morbidity caused by COVID-19 critical illness: (1) direct and indirect effects of the COVID-19 virus in the brain; (2) iatrogenic complications of ICU care that may disproportionately affect patients with COVID-19; and (3) social isolation that may worsen psychological morbidity. In addition, we review current interventions to minimize psychological complications after critical illness.
MeSH
Morbidity, Thoracic Diseases, Risk Factors, Intensive Care Units, Critical Illness, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Covid-19, Sars-Cov-2
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