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Experiences in intensive care :
Coming round and regaining consciousness
Sleep, dreams and hallucinations
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The general ward: care and environment
Physical and emotional experiences
Physiotherapy on the ward
Discharge and moving on

Recovering at home :
Physical recovery
Emotional aspects of recovery
Making sense of what happened
ICU follow-up care
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Impact on family
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Intensive care: Patients' experiences

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Was admitted to intensive care in 2004 because of severe pneumonia. Spent about 5 weeks in intensive care and nearly 2 weeks in a general ward.

Intensive care >> Intensive care: Patients' experiences >> Aged 41-50 >> Interview 33 >> He had very little pain after the operation and on his second day back home was able to walk a mile.

Had planned triple heart bypass surgery in 2004. After surgery, spent 1 day in intensive care, 2 days in a High Dependency Unit, and 2 days in a general ward.

Intensive care >> Intensive care: Patients' experiences >> Aged 61-70 >> Interview 27 >> He advises people to set realistic goals for themselves and to take responsibility for their own recovery by focusing on the bigger picture.

Was admitted to intensive care in 2005 because of pancreatitis and septicaemia. Spent 2 weeks in intensive care, 2 weeks in a High Dependency Unit; 6 weeks in a general ward, and 2 weeks in a rehabilitation hospital.

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