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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: The terror and trauma of surviving intensive care with Covid-19 Author(s): Will Moffitt Publisher or Source: Wired Type of Media: Newspaper Article Media Originally for: General Public Country of Origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) COVID-19 Related: Yes Description: Paul Henderson can’t remember the journey to Edinburgh’s Western General Hospital on March 24, 2020, but he knows that he arrived at two in the afternoon and nine hours later he was on a life support machine. His next recollection is waking up in the hospital’s intensive care unit in a frenzied state as doctors explained that his case of Covid-19 was so severe he had been placed in a medically induced coma for 30 days. Slowly, as the medication started to wear off, the full details of his illness were revealed to him by doctors and nurses on the ward. Henderson came close to dying several times while on the intensive care unit. His colon was perforated, leaking toxins into his bloodstream and causing organ failure. His kidneys stopped working, leaving him strapped to a dialysis machine. Eight blood transfusions were required to replace the blood he lost. He struggled to breathe as his lungs filled with fluid due to acute pneumonia caused by the virus. To help him breathe doctors cut a hole in his throat, inserting a tube to compensate for his weakened respiratory muscles. The ordeal left him gaunt and weak. He lost 12 kilograms. The muscles in his legs had diminished so much that he struggled to walk two paces. And yet it was the mental impact that troubled him most: the petrifying dreams he had experienced under sedation continued to haunt him. “The delirium was terrifying, I had very disturbing dreams and as far as I was aware they were real,” Henderson says. “[I thought] my wife had left me because she was having an affair. Then she shot herself in a wood. I could still hear the screams.” The delusions were constant. At one point Henderson felt he was floating above a table in a white room with a friend who had died from cancer three years earlier. Another time he imagined he was drowning in the hull of a boat alongside his brother who had been killed by a drunk driver 14 years ago. Then he saw a close friend being kidnapped by the Ulster Volunteer Force and shot in the back of the head. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: Medical professionals explain potential long-term impacts of COVID-19 Author(s): Luis de Leon Publisher or Source: KVUE.com Type of Media: Newspaper Article Media Originally for: General Public Country of Origin: United States of America (the) Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) COVID-19 Related: Yes Description: AUSTIN, Texas — When someone is hospitalized for COVID-19, they may not need to be put on a ventilator. But doctors say even having to be hospitalized for the virus could potentially leave lasting health complications for a patient – even after they're discharged. Doctors say it's too early to fully understand what the exact common or rare long-term impacts of COVID-19 are, but some complications could arise. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: Complex tracheal disease service (children) Author(s): NHS England Publisher or Source: NHS England Type of Media: Medical Professional Education Media Originally for: Critical Care Physicians, General Medical Professionals Country of Origin: United Kingdom Primary Focus of Media: Pre-Use of PICS Designation COVID-19 Related: No Description: The service deals with the management of children with serious tracheal disease in childhood. It is primarily concerned with the treatment of long segment congenital tracheal stenosis (and its associated [60%] lesions), severe tracheo bronchomalacia and a variety of other, rarer pathologies. Management involves assessment of airway disease by bronchoscopy, bronchography, optical coherence tomography, echocardiography, 3-D imaging by computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Treatment may involve surgery, for example slide tracheoplasty for tracheal stenosis, or stenting for malacia. Follow up is both by shared care with referring institutions but by annual review at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) with anatomic, physiologic and quality of life assessment To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in ICU Survivors Author(s): Jones, C. Publisher or Source: SAGE Journals Type of Media: Medical Journal Media Originally for: General Medical Professionals Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) COVID-19 Related: No Description: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop after exposure to a life-threatening event or serious injury. Symptoms include recurring and intrusive memories, such as flashbacks, avoidance of reminders and persistent symptoms of anxiety or physiological arousal. Many factors are associated with the development of PTSD in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, including increased length of stay, and greater levels and longer duration of sedation. Patient-related factors associated with a higher risk of PTSD include younger age, female gender, previous psychological problems and recall of delusional memories from ICU. In contrast, the formation of even fragmented factual memories may reduce the risk of PTSD. Optimum, analgesia-based sedation may help patients to form factual memories of ICU, so possibly reducing the risk of PTSD. Patient diaries, written by health professionals and family members and close friends, may also support patients in coming to terms with traumatic, delusional memories, and so reduce their emotional and psychological symptoms. Following ICU discharge, validated screening tools such as ICU Memory and Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome 14-Questions Inventory can be used as part of routine follow-up to identify patients who may need referral for more specialist assessment of possible PTSD symptoms. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.

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Click to Return to Search Page VIEW SELECTED LIBRARY MEDIA Name of Media: What You Need To Know About Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) Author(s): University of Michigan Health System Publisher or Source: Univsersity of Michigan Type of Media: One-Pager Media Originally for: Former ICU Patients, Former ICU Patients' Family Members, Friends or Caregivers, General Public Country of Origin: United States Primary Focus of Media: Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) COVID-19 Related: No Description: The article contains the definition of Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) and it's syndrome, definition of PICS-Family, and what friend and family's member can do to help. To view the PDF, Article, Photo, or Chart, Click Icon: To view the attached Video media file, Click Icon: PostICU, Inc's library staff reviewed this copyrighted material contained in the library and reasonably believes that its inclusion in our library complies with the "Fair Use Doctrine" because: (1) our library's is for nonprofit and educational purposes; (2) the nature of the copyrighted work is related to our mission; (3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole is fair and reasonable; and (4) the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work will if impacted, should be enhanced, by its presence in our library.