SynthesisIntensive care medicine2015
Impact of follow-up consultations for ICU survivors on post-ICU syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Intensive care medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 68 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Follow-up After Intensive Care Treatment: a Questionnaire Survey of Intensive Care Aftercare in Denmark.
Web-based Follow-up to Former ICU Patients
Who cites it
68 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 171 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-pharmacological interventions to support the cognitive rehabilitation of patients admitted to the intensive care unit: An umbrella review.Nursing in critical care · 2025Pooled it
- Follow-up services for improving long-term outcomes in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Piloting an ICU follow-up clinic to improve health-related quality of life in ICU survivors after a prolonged intensive care stay (PINA): feasibility of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.BMC anesthesiology · 2023Trial
- Feasibility of Mobile App-based Coping Skills Training for Cardiorespiratory Failure Survivors: The Blueprint Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2023Trial
- General practitioners' views and experiences in caring for patients after sepsis: a qualitative interview study.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- A recovery program to improve quality of life, sense of coherence and psychological health in ICU survivors: a multicenter randomized controlled trial, the RAPIT study.Intensive care medicine · 2016Trial
- Implementing an intensive care unit (ICU) diary program at a large academic medical center: Results from a randomized control trial evaluating psychological morbidity associated with critical illness.General hospital psychiatryTrial
- The Validity and Reliability of the Post-Intensive Care Syndrome Questionnaire Turkish Version.Florence Nightingale journal of nursing · 2026Article
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- Nursing Interventions for Post-Intensive Care Syndrome in Follow-Up Clinics: A Scoping Review.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Review
- Post-Intensive Care Syndrome: From Diagnosis To Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Needs of Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors Throughout 1 Year of Recovery: A Qualitative Analysis Using the Timing It Right Framework.CHEST critical care · 2025Article
- Post-intensive care syndrome is a potential consequence of critical care: can intensivists afford to look away?Intensive care medicine · 2025Article
- Reduced aerobic capacity in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) after PICU admission: a retrospective cohort study, 2020-2022.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Following Survival of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Due to COVID-19.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Characteristics of symptoms and establishment of a predictive model for PICS in mechanically ventilated patients with severe pneumonia: a retrospective study.European journal of medical research · 2025Article
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- Associations Between Elevated Rates of Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD Among ICU Survivors and Increased Mortality and Readmissions.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- ICU follow-up services and their impact on post-intensive care syndrome: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- A Case Report and Review of the Literature of ICU Delirium.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeTo evaluate the impact of routine follow-up consultations versus standard of care for intensive care unit (ICU) survivors.
methodsSystematic literature review from five databases (Cochrane CENTRAL, MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, CINAHL), reference lists, citation tracking, and ongoing/unpublished trials. Randomized controlled trials investigating post-ICU consultations in adults with outcomes such as quality of life (QOL), anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), physical ability, cognitive function, and return to work were included. Two reviewers extracted data and assessed quality independently. The mean differences, risk ratios, and 95 % confidence intervals were calculated depending on outcome measures.
resultsFrom 1544 citations, five trials were included (855 patients). The overall risk of bias was low in two trials, unclear in two trials, and high in one trial. The overall quality of evidence was low. The trials assessed follow-up interventions defined as consultations informing survivors about their ICU stay. One trial found no effect on QOL. Pooling data from two trials (n = 374) showed a protective effect on risk of new onset PTSD at 3-6 months after ICU (risk ratio 0.49, 95 % CI 0.26-0.95). There was no effect on other outcomes.
conclusionsThe evidence indicates that follow-up consultations might reduce symptoms of PTSD at 3-6 months after ICU discharge in ICU survivors, but without affecting QOL and other outcomes investigated. This review highlights that planning of future RCTs should aim to standardize interventions and outcome measures to allow for comparisons across studies.
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