One-Year Mental and Physical Health Assessment in Survivors after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)–related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Authors' conclusion
Despite the partial recovery of the lung function tests at 1 year, the physical and psychological function of this population remains impaired.
Study context
- Population
- Survivors to hospital discharge after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for COVID-19 ARDS, March to June 2020, seven French ICUs80 eligible
- Participants
- 62 survivors
- Outcome
- Health status at 1 year
- Follow-up
- 1 year
Methodological detailsmulticentre
- Multicentre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Returned to work
- 19/50 (38%)
- Recovered normal sex drive
- 13/42 (31%)
- Significant anxiety
- 19/43 (44%)
- Depression symptoms
- 18/43 (42%)
- At risk for post-traumatic stress disorders
- 21/50 (42%)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
- ECMO duration (days)
- 18 (11-25)
- Invasive mechanical ventilation duration (days)
- 36 (27-62)
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
One-Year Mental and Physical Health Assessment in Survivors after Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for COVID-19–related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Published 15 January 2023. doi:10.
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