The Burden of Specific Symptoms Reported by Survivors After Critical Illness

Patients who survive critical illness sometimes report poor health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (1), but rehabilitation trials have found mostly no effect on this and other measures of health status (2-5). [...]we were unable to assess effects of rehospitalization after critical illness, which may have been more likely in multiply comorbid patients and could have contributed to ongoing symptoms. Health-related quality of life and physical recovery after a critical illness: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial of a home-based physical rehabilitation program.