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Reasons for admission :
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Experiences in intensive care :
Coming round and regaining consciousness
Sleep, dreams and hallucinations
Intensive care treatments
Physiotherapy
Emotional experiences in ICU
Nursing care in ICU
Death and bereavement
High Dependency Unit (HDUs)

Experiences in the general ward :
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
Attitudes to life during and after recovery
Impact on family
Impact on work
Sources of support
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Intensive care: Patients' experiences

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Was admitted to intensive care in 2005 because of severe pneumonia. Spent 30 days in intensive care and 8 days in a general ward.

Intensive care >> Intensive care: Patients' experiences >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 30 >> She found the nursing care she received one of the most upsetting parts of her hospital experience.

Was admitted to intensive care in 2005 because of epiglottitis and severe sepsis. Spent about 6 days in intensive care and 5 days in a High Dependency Unit.

Intensive care >> Intensive care: Patients' experiences >> Aged 51-60 >> Interview 39 >> HDU would have been better for her husband who was still very confused and weak after being in ICU.

Was admitted to intensive care in 2005 after having an accident in the home. Spent about 4 days in intensive care and 3 days in a trauma ward.

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