Ambulatory and stationary healthcare use in survivors of ARDS during the first year after discharge from ICU: findings from the DACAPO cohort

DACAPO study group

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Background: For many survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the process from discharge from intensive care unit (ICU) to recovery is long and difficult. However, healthcare use after discharge from ICU has received only little attention by research. This study sets out to investigate the extent of ambulatory and stationary healthcare use among survivors of ARDS in Germany (multicenter DACAPO cohort) and to analyze predictors of stationary healthcare use. Results: A total of 396 survivors of ARDS provided data at 1 year after discharge from ICU. Fifty percent of 1-year survivors were hospitalized for 48 days or longer after discharge from ICU, with 10% spending more than six out of 12 months in stationary care. The duration of hospitalization increased significantly by the length of the initial ICU stay. All participants reported at least one outpatient visit (including visits to general practitioners), and 50% contacted four or more different medical specialties within the first year after discharge from ICU. Conclusions: For most of the patients, the first year after ARDS is characterized by an extensive amount of healthcare utilization, especially with regard to stationary health care. These findings shed light on the substantial morbidity of patients after ARDS and contribute to a better understanding of the situation of patients following discharge from ICU.

Idioma originalEnglish
Número de artículo70
PublicaciónAnnals of Intensive Care
Volumen9
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublished - dic. 1 2019

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Funding Information:
The DACAPO study was funded by a research grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (01GY1340). Grant holders were TB (University Hospital Regensburg, principal investigator) and CA (University of Regensburg, co‑principal investigator). SuB, FDS, MB and SeB were funded by this grant for parts of or the entire study period.

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  • Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

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