Beyond the ICU: Frailty and Post-ICU Disability. Healthcare Use after Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Severe Sepsis

[...]because frailty was measured every 18 months, it might have changed before ICU admission. [...]multivariate regression analysis did not include a standard severity-of-illness scale or type of ICU admission, which has inherent pitfalls and limits generalization. Intensive Care Med (9) Reviewed by Mitchell D. Jacobs and Jesse Roman After resolution of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), patients commonly have long-term impairments in physical function, cognition, and mental health as well as increased risk for hospitalization in the following year (10-12). Huang M, Parker AM, Bienvenu OJ, Dinglas VD, Colantuoni E, Hopkins RO, et al.; National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network.