Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række
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Intensive care is medical care for critically ill patients. Over the last 20 years more attention has been drawn to studying long-term outcome after intensive care. ⋯ Many ICU patients have rehabilitation potential despite critical illness and comorbidity and most of the long-term survivors achieve acceptable quality of life. ICU patients are a heterogeneous group with great variation in short and long-term outcome. Organization of intensive care should include follow-up after hospital discharge.
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A 20-year-old woman presented with dyspnoea in the Emergency department and subsequently suffered a cardiac arrest. The initial rhythm was PEA (pulseless electrical activity). She had intermittent return of spontaneous circulation. ⋯ The remaining hospital stay was uneventful and ten days after the presentation she was transferred to her local hospital. At this point she was without neurological sequelae. The patient had used oral contraceptives (ethinyl estradiol/ drospirenone).