Understanding the lingering consequences of what we treat and what we do.
Granja and colleagues have helped us by showing that long-term follow-up is feasible and by trying to tease out whether select intensive care unit patient populations are at particular risk of adverse outcomes. This work gives us clues for future investigations which will hopefully interrogate further the potential mechanisms of action that underlie poor long-term outcomes. In the meantime, we can hope that this quality of follow-up will move from the research arena to become a part of routine clinical care.
Angus
Derek C
DC
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The CRISMA Laboratory, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. angusdc@ccm.upmc.edu
D016638:Critical Illness; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D011788:Quality of Life; D018805:Sepsis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*