One-Year Mental and Physical Health Assessment in Survivors After ECMO for COVID-19-related ARDS.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
; 2022 Sep 23.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2228932
ABSTRACT
RATIONAL Long-term outcomes of patients with COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are unknown. METHODS:
Multicenter, prospective study in patients who received ECMO for COVID-19 ARDS from March to June 2020 and survived hospital discharge. Physical examination, pulmonary function tests, anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), and quality of life (QoL) were assessed at 6 and 12 months after ECMO onset.RESULTS:
Of 80 eligible patients, 62 were enrolled in 7 French Intensive Care Units (ICU). ECMO and invasive mechanical ventilation duration were 18 (11-25) and 36 (27-62) days, respectively. All were alive but only 19/50 (38%) returned to work and 13/42 (31%) had recovered a normal sex drive at one year. Pulmonary function tests were almost normal at 6 months except for diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide which was still impaired at 12 months. Mental health, role-emotional, and role-physical were the most impaired domain compared to non-COVID ECMO patients. One year after ICU admission, 19/43 (44%) patients had significant anxiety, 18/43 (42%) had depression symptoms and 21/50 (42%) were at risk for PTSD.CONCLUSIONS:
Despite the partial recovery of the lung function tests at one year, the physical and psychological function of this population remains impaired. Based on the comparison with long-term follow-up of non-COVID ECMO patients, poor mental and physical health may be more related to COVID-19 than to ECMO in itself, although this needs confirmation This article is open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License 4.0 (http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Language:
English
Journal subject:
Critical Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Rccm.202206-1145OC
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