ICU sedation, delirium & recovery
A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of post-intensive care multidisciplinary consultations on mortality and the quality of life at 1 year
Primary resultResult — go to the resultAdjusted odds ratio 1.49 95% CI 1.04–2.13Authors' conclusion
A hospital-based, face-to-face, intensivist-led multidisciplinary consultation at ICU discharge then at 3 and 6 months was associated with poor outcome 1 year after ICU.
Study context
- Population
- Patients discharged alive from intensive care unit (ICU) in 11 French hospitals, 2012–2018
- Participants
- 540 patients
- Comparison
- Post-ICU multidisciplinary consultations vs standard post-ICU follow-up
- Multidisciplinaryn = 268
- Standardn = 272reference
- Primary endpoint
- Poor clinical outcome: death or severe-to-extreme impairment of ≥1 EuroQoL-5D-5L dimension
- Follow-up
- M12
Methodological detailsopen, multicentre, parallel-group, Blinded investigator collected outcome by phone
- Open
- Multicentre
- Parallel-group
- Blinded investigator collected outcome by phone
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted odds ratio
1.49
95% CI 1.04–2.13
Multidisciplinary vs Standard
aOR 1.49 (95% CI 1.04–2.13)
Secondary outcomes
Events
| Outcome | Multidisciplinary | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| Death · M12 | 40 | 32 |
- Death — Total deaths
- 72 (13.3%)
Functional, psychological and cognitive scores · M12
- Did not statistically differ between groups
Original publication
A randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effect of post-intensive care multidisciplinary consultations on mortality and the quality of life at 1 year. Intensive Care Med. Published 8 April 2024. doi:10.
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