Wednesday 27 February 2013

One In 3 Ventilated Patients Suffers From PTSD Symptoms

One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according to a new Johns Hopkins study of patients with acute lung injury. Because acute lung injury (ALI) - a syndrome marked by excessive fluid in the lungs and frequent multi-organ failure - is considered an archetype for critical illness, the researchers suspect PTSD is common among other ICU survivors as well... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..


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