Quality of Life of Severe Sepsis Survivors After Hospital Discharge

Lígia Márcia Contrin, Vânia Del’Arco Paschoal, Lúcia Marinilza Beccária, Cláudia Bernardi Cesarino, Suzana Margareth Lobo

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem · 2013 · 26 citations · 14 references

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Abstract

After discharge from ICU, sepsis survivors of sepsis had a higher mortality rate than critically ill patients without sepsis. Older patients with sepsis had more moderate and severe problems in all five quality of life dimensions evaluated.

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