People who survive in intensive care often develop mental disorders, reports the Critical Care Journal.
The British study included 157 patients from University College Hospital in London. Three months after the end of treatment, as many as 55 percent. people who were in the intensive care unit (also known as the intensive care unit – ICU) were diagnosed with disorders. Depression was diagnosed in 46%, anxiety in 44%, post-traumatic stress disorder in 27%. The risk of such disorders increased with the duration of therapy.
According to specialists, some medications administered in such situations (for example, those lowering blood pressure), especially in combination with hospital stress, may contribute to long-lasting disorders. In an imminent life threatening situation, whatever can help, without worrying about the side effects. If a person can be saved, they have to deal with the possible consequences of treatment. It happens that after regaining consciousness, patients are frightened – they think they are crazy or there is a conspiracy to torture or steal them. organs
British doctors will try to reduce stress through psychotherapy and replace some of the drugs given in intensive care – for example, benzodioazepines. (PAP)