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Something that is hinted at and hinted at and still not discussed enough is PTSD from the ICU.
A meta analysis found up to 25 % of ICU survivors experience PTSD.
= Rates as high as soldiers or rape but we don’t talk about it...
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/ptsd_common_in_icu_survivors https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1253151879367925760
A meta analysis found up to 25 % of ICU survivors experience PTSD.
= Rates as high as soldiers or rape but we don’t talk about it...
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/ptsd_common_in_icu_survivors https://twitter.com/darakass/status/1253151879367925760
What helps= Keeping a diary of events that occur daily.This orients the patient to the day& it’s events, yet during #COVID19 without family or friends at the bedside who is doing the reorienting & keeping track? With all the sights, sounds, & distance, will the trauma b worse?
