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Return to life after an PICS, based on acute respiratory failure
Šoltýsová, Veronika ; Hocková, Jana (advisor) ; Pucholtová, Romana (referee)
Introduction: Thanks to the progress of the today's medicine, in particular its therapeutic possibilities, the number of patients overcoming critical acute respiratory failure has increased, resulting in their exposure to stress and impact of intensive care. Thus, we can say that almost every patient suffers from at least one sign of post-intensive care syndrome. The theoretic part of the Diploma Thesis deals with acute respiratory failure and PICS. Materials used to prepare this work were obtained from a research made by the National Medical Library and from sources found in expert databases (PupMed, ResearchGate, ScienceDirect etc.). Aim of the work: The aim of this work is to examine and evaluate the physical and mental state of patients after overcoming the acute respiratory failure and their return to normal life with post-intensive care syndrome. We've divided this main goal into several partial objectives with the main research questions if the signs of PICS can be impacted by the length of artificial ventilation. Methodology: As a part of the research survey and data collection a qualitative research survey was performed on patients with acute respiratory failure by using standardized questionnaires: DEMMI, ADL, IADL, HADS, MAF, SF 36 and physical tests: 30-s SCT, 6 MWT and use of Garmin...
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