Exploring the Impact of ICU Diary on ICU Survivors' Emotions and Feelings: A Qualitative Study.

Background: An intensive care unit (ICU) diary provides a powerful and moving account of a patient's journey through critical care.

Aim: The primary goal of this research was to explore the qualitative perceptions of general ICU survivors toward the ICU diary, which was completed during their hospital stay and reintroduced to them during a follow-up visit 6 months after ICU discharge.

Setting: An Italian general ICU with structured follow-up and an ICU diary program.

Long term outcome in patients treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A prospective observational study.

Introduction: Over the last few decades, the use of veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) support for severe respiratory failure has increased.

Aim: This study aimed to assess the long-term outcomes of patients treated with VV-ECMO for respiratory failure.

Methods: We performed a single-centre prospective evaluation of patients on VV-ECMO who were successfully discharged from the intensive care unit of an Italian University Hospital between January 2018 and May 2021.