Impact of somatic severity on long-term mortality in anorexia nervosa.

Purpose: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe pathology on account of the high levels of associated morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to assess whether time in somatic intensive care unit, justified by a patient's somatic condition in the course of hospital care, has any relationship with patient outcome in terms of mortality in the long term.

Methods: 195 patients were hospitalised for AN between April 1996 and May 2002, 97 were re-assessed 9 years later on average.

Quality of life after complicated elective surgery requiring intensive care.

Objective: To evaluate outcomes of patients admitted to the ICU for complications after elective surgery and to assess perceived quality of life (pQOL) in survivors.

Design: Two-year prospective case-control study.

Setting: Twelve-bed ICU in a university-affiliated hospital.