Danish medical journal
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Danish medical journal · May 2015
Experience from multidisciplinary follow-up on critically ill patients treated in an intensive care unit.
International literature describes that former intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffer considerable physical and neuropsychological complications. Systematic data on Danish ICU survivors are scarce as standardised follow-up after intensive care has yet to be described. This article describes and evaluates the knowledge gained from outpatient follow-up at a tertiary intensive care unit at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, during a three-year period. ⋯ not relevant.