Background Survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are at risk of long-term
comorbidities. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated health-related quality of …

OBJECTIVE: To explore if patient characteristics (pre-existing comorbidity, age, sex, and
illness severity) modify the effect of physical rehabilitation (intervention vs control) for the …

Background Clinical research on nutritional and metabolic interventions in critically ill
patients is heterogenous regarding time points, outcomes and measurement instruments …

Background Many studies have compared quality of life of post-intensive care syndrome
(PICS) patients with age-matched population-based controls. Many studies on PICS used …

Background Septic shock comprises a heterogeneous population, and individualized
resuscitation strategy is of vital importance. The study aimed to identify subclasses of septic …

Background Late mortality risk in sepsis-survivors persists for years with high readmission
rates and low quality of life. The present study seeks to link the clinical sepsis-survivors …

Purpose Critical illness is associated with long-term increased mortality and impaired quality
of life (QoL). We assessed whether multidisciplinary consultations would improve outcome …

Sepsis, defined as the life-threatening dysregulated host response to an infection leading to
organ dysfunction, is considered as one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide …

Background Mechanical ventilation affects the respiratory muscles, but little is known about
long-term recovery of respiratory muscle weakness (RMW) and potential associations with …

Background Mechanical ventilation (MV) is the key to the successful treatment of acute
respiratory failure (ARF) in the intensive care unit (ICU). The study aims to formalize the …