Ketamine for PTSD Treatment

Ketamine for PTSD Treatment

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) continues to be a problematic psychiatric condition that can be difficult to treat. SSRIs are the first-line treatment, and they are the only pharmaceutical class approved – their use... read more

Epidemiology of Functional Seizures Among Adults Treated at a University Hospital

Epidemiology of Functional Seizures Among Adults Treated at a University Hospital

This case-control study found evidence to support previously reported associations, discovered new associations between functional seizures and PTSD, anxiety, and depression. An association between cerebrovascular disease... read more

Communication Strategy for Families of Patients Dying in the ICU

Communication Strategy for Families of Patients Dying in the ICU

Providing relatives of patients who are dying in the ICU with a brochure on bereavement and using a proactive communication strategy that includes longer conferences and more time for family members to talk may lessen the... read more

COVID-19 Patients with ARDS Face Significant Financial Effects in Recovery

COVID-19 Patients with ARDS Face Significant Financial Effects in Recovery

Long hospitalizations lead to large medical bills, with serious physical and emotional consequences for those recovering from critical illness. It begins with shortness of breath. And for approximately one-third of patients,... read more

Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

This study examined the long-term health-related quality of life in adult patients treated with venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-V ECMO) for severe acute respiratory failure in Ireland. A retrospective, cross-sectional... read more

The Pandemic Is a Perfect Storm for ICU Delirium

The Pandemic Is a Perfect Storm for ICU Delirium

Spending time in the ICU, especially for anyone with COVID-19, is a dangerous, physically taxing experience: Only the most seriously ill patients land in intensive care, where many undergo a number of complex medical treatments... read more

Survivorship Will Be the Defining Challenge of Critical Care in the 21st Century

Survivorship Will Be the Defining Challenge of Critical Care in the 21st Century

Distracted by the high mortality rate of critical illness, we tend to overlook the essential fact that most patients survive the intensive care unit (ICU). Every year, millions of patients are discharged from the ICU... read more

If we don’t start looking after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

If we don’t start looking after our doctors there will be no one to care for our patients

"Would you choose medicine again?" I look into the eager faces of the sixth-formers I've been asked to speak to. Not for the first time, I hesitate before I answer. I love my job – it's a great privilege to be a Registrar... read more

Early Psychological Screening of ICU Survivors

Early Psychological Screening of ICU Survivors

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression assessed 1 week after ICU stay correlate with 3-month psychological outcome. The HADS and PTSS-10 may be useful aids to identify ICU survivors at high risk for... read more

New Hope for Concussions TBI & PTSD

New Hope for Concussions TBI & PTSD

Dr. Larry Komer and Joan Chandler Komer offer new hope to those with brain injuries. Millions of people of all ages experience concussions. Many others have a more serious event known as a traumatic brain injury. Battlefield... read more

Family Care Rituals in the ICU to Reduce Symptoms of PTSD in Family Members

Family Care Rituals in the ICU to Reduce Symptoms of PTSD in Family Members

Offering opportunities such as family care rituals for family members to be involved with providing care for family members in the ICU was associated with reduced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This... read more

Anxiety, Depression and PTSD After Critical Illness

Anxiety, Depression and PTSD After Critical Illness

Survivors of intensive care are known to be at increased risk of developing longer-term psychopathology issues. We present a large UK multicentre study assessing the anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder... read more

Mental Health Medication Use In Parents After A Child’s PICU Admission

Mental Health Medication Use In Parents After A Child’s PICU Admission

This was the first large study to examine mental health medication use in parents after PICU admission for their children. Antidepressant and anxiolytic incidence rates for parents with critically ill children increased... read more

Effect of a Nurse-Led Preventive Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of PTSD Among Critically Ill Patients

Effect of a Nurse-Led Preventive Psychological Intervention on Symptoms of PTSD Among Critically Ill Patients

Among critically ill patients in the ICU, a nurse-led preventive, complex psychological intervention did not significantly reduce patient-reported Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity at 6 months. These findings... read more