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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Survivors of Critical Illness
Ist Teil von
Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, p.263-280
Ort / Verlag
Cham: Springer International Publishing
Quelle
Alma/SFX Local Collection
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The intensive care unit (ICU) experience is traumatic for patients and their families and can have lasting psychological effects. This chapter reviews PTSD in critical illness survivors and their families and provides current data and evidence on its prevalence, presentation, and risk factors. Challenges that are unique to the ICU patient population are discussed, and an overview of potential strategies to prevent and treat PTSD in the setting of ICU is provided.