Curb Your Enthusiasm: Definitions, Adaptation, and Expectations for Quality of Life in ICU Survivorship

Morbidity after severe Covid‐19; the emperors´ new clothes?

“…6,7 Such knowledge help physicians, patients and families shape more realistic expectations about what recovery paths might entail. 8 Also, patients with milder COVID-19 disease have reported problems after active disease, and long-term outcomes seems not to be related to the severity of the disease. 9 The most frequently reported long-term problem in milder cases are fatigue and breathing problems, and patients still having problems after 3 months should be offered a formal follow-up with chest x-ray.…”

“…Two months follow‐up is not long, but studies on recovery trajectories after COVID‐19 critical illness are important for many reasons 6,7 . Such knowledge help physicians, patients and families shape more realistic expectations about what recovery paths might entail 8 …”

Translating Postsepsis Care to Post–COVID-19 Care. The Case for a Virtual Recovery Program

“…The navigator may also help set realistic expectations about recovery which are associated with better psychological well-being when facing new limitations. 22 Cost/Scalability. Similar to other virtual or telehealth applications, a virtual STAR program has anticipated benefits of bridging the widening supply-demand ambulatory care gap and realizing efficiencies through a hub-and-spoke model of care delivery.…”

“…A navigator who has followed the patients’ hospital course in real time can plausibly also serve this function. The navigator may also help set realistic expectations about recovery, which are associated with better psychological well-being when facing new limitations ( 22 ).…”

Rehabilitering etter covid-19

“…En vellykket prosess innebaerer funksjonskartlegging, definisjon av rehabiliteringsmål, valg av tiltak og regelmessig evaluering, med involvering av pasient og pårørende (19). For noen pasienter handler det først og fremst om å måtte akseptere varig funksjonsnedsettelse og å få hjelp til å mestre en ny hverdag (20).…”