We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Prolonged intensive care: muscular functional, and nutritional insights from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Authors
Ángel Martínez-Camacho, Miguel; Alexander Jones-Baro, Robert; Gómez-González, Alberto; Sahian Lugo-García, Dalia; Gallardo Astorga, Pía Carolina; Melo-Villalobos, Andrea; Kassandra Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Bárbara; Augusto Pérez-Calatayud, Ángel
- Abstract
During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, clinical staff learned how to manage patients enduring extended stays in an intensive care unit (ICU). COVID-19 patients requiring critical care in an ICU face a high risk of experiencing prolonged intensive care (PIC). The use of invasive mechanical ventilation in individuals with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome can cause numerous complications that influence both short-term and long-term morbidity and mortality. Those risks underscore the importance of proactively addressing functional complications. Mitigating secondary complications unrelated to the primary pathology of admission is imperative in minimizing the risk of PIC. Therefore, incorporating strategies to do that into daily ICU practice for both COVID-19 patients and those critically ill from other conditions is significantly important.
- Subjects
COVID-19 pandemic; CRITICAL care medicine; COVID-19; INTENSIVE care units; ADULT respiratory distress syndrome
- Publication
Acute & Critical Care, 2024, Vol 39, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
2586-6052
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4266/acc.2023.01284