Share of Cost, One In 3 Ventilated Patients Suffers From PTSD Symptoms

Thursday, Oct. 17th 2013 7:00 AM

One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit (ICU) and required use of a mechanical ventilator showed substantial post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms that lasted for up to two years, according to a new Johns Hopkins study of patients with acute lung injury.

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