Abstract
Purpose
To investigate the impact of hydrocortisone treatment and illness severity on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 6 months in septic shock survivors from the ADRENAL trial.
Methods
Using the EuroQol questionnaire (EQ-5D-5L) at 6 months after randomization we assessed HRQoL in patient subgroups defined by hydrocortisone or placebo treatment, gender, illness severity (APACHE II < or ≥ 25), and severity of shock (baseline peak catecholamine doses < or ≥ 15 mcg/min). Additionally, in subgroups defined by post-randomisation variables; time to shock reversal (days), treatment with renal replacement therapy (RRT), and presence of bacteremia.
Results
At 6 months, there were 2521 survivors. Of these 2151 patients (85.3%-1080 hydrocortisone and 1071 placebo) completed 6-month follow-up. Overall, at 6 months the mean EQ-5D-5L visual analogue scale (VAS) was 70.8, mean utility score 59.4. Between 15% and 30% of patients reported moderate to severe problems in any given HRQoL domain. There were no differences in any EQ-5D-5L domain in patients who received hydrocortisone vs. placebo, nor in the mean VAS (p = 0.6161), or mean utility score (p = 0.7611). In all patients combined, males experienced lower pain levels compared to females [p = 0.0002). Neither higher severity of illness or shock impacted reported HRQoL. In post-randomisation subgroups, longer time to shock reversal was associated with increased problems with mobility (p = < 0.0001]; self-care (p = 0.0.0142), usual activities (p = <0.0001] and pain (p = 0.0384). Amongst those treated with RRT, more patients reported increased problems with mobility (p = 0.0307) and usual activities (p = 0.0048) compared to those not treated. Bacteraemia was not associated with worse HRQoL in any domains of the EQ-5D-5L.
Conclusions
Approximately one fifth of septic shock survivors report moderate to extreme problems in HRQoL domains at 6 months. Hydrocortisone treatment for septic shock was not associated with improved HRQoL at 6 months. Female gender was associated with worse pain at 6 months.
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Approximately one fifth of septic shock survivors reports moderate to extreme problems in HRQoL domains. Hydrocortisone therapy for septic shock was not associated with improved HRQoL at 6 months. |
Introduction
Sepsis and septic shock are major global health problems, affecting at least 49 million people each year, with nearly eleven million dying [1,2,3,4]. Survivors of critical illness, including sepsis, often report reductions in quality of life (QoL) that are comprised of cognitive, physical and psychological problems which may last for months and years after discharge from intensive care [5,6,7,8,9]. Risk factors for the development of reduced QoL include greater severity of illness, prolonged mechanical ventilation, and increased duration of stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) [6]. An association between increased shock severity and reduced QoL at 3 months has been reported in paediatric patients with septic shock, but this has not been investigated in adult patients [10].
In 2018, we reported the results of the adjunctive corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with septic shock (ADRENAL) trial which evaluated the effect of a continuous intravenous infusion of hydrocortisone vs. placebo on 90-day mortality in patients with septic shock [11]. Whilst no differences in 90-day or 6-month mortality were observed between the hydrocortisone and placebo groups [12], patients who received hydrocortisone had improved clinical outcomes such as faster shock resolution, shorter duration of mechanical ventilation, earlier time to ICU discharge and were less likely to require a blood transfusion. Whether hydrocortisone treatment of septic shock influence long-term QoL is unknown.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) was a pre-specified secondary outcome of the ADRENAL study [12,13,14]. We assessed HRQOL in survivors using the EuroQol, 5 Domain, 5 level (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire at 6 months after randomization to investigate the impact of hydrocortisone treatment and severity of illness on long-term HRQoL in survivors of septic shock.
Methods
Study design, participants and data source
Patients included in this study were those enrolled in the ADRENAL trial. The ADRENAL trial recruited 3800 patients between March 2013 and April 2017 from 69 ICUs across 5 countries. (Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Denmark and the United Kingdom). The study was an investigator initiated, double blind, randomised controlled trial comparing 7 days of an intravenous infusions of hydrocortisone (200 mg/day) and a matching placebo in critically ill patients with septic shock requiring mechanical ventilation [13]. A detailed description of the study methods, and the results have been reported elsewhere [11, 13, 15].
Human research ethics committee approval was obtained for all participating sites before the study commenced enrolment of participants. Prior written consent or consent to continue was obtained from all participants or their legal representative, according to each jurisdiction’s legal requirements.
At 6 months after randomisation, patients who had consented and were alive were contacted by blinded, trained research coordinators to conduct the HRQoL assessment using the EQ-5D-5L [14, 16]. which collates responses into five domains of HRQoL (mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain or discomfort, and anxiety or depression) with a five level score (no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, extreme problems or unable). Quality of life utility values were calculated using the Australian algorithm with values generally ranging between 0 (death) to 1 (perfect health) [17]. Values below 0 are possible and represent health states considered worse than death. Respondents were also asked to rate their perceived health on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best) called the visual analogue scale (VAS). Where patients were incapacitated due to their medical condition a proxy such as a caregiver, spouse, child, sibling or friend was interviewed. Numbers and proportion for the patient and proxy responses are reported. χ2 test by interview method and HRQoL domains were conducted to test differences in reporting by interview method.
Available data collected included patients demographics, admission type, vital status, severity of illness (Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score) [18], use of mechanical ventilation, use of inotropes, time to randomisation, peak catecholamine dose at randomisation, blood stream infections, time to shock reversal, use of renal replacement therapy (RRT) and EQ-5D-5L [14] at 6 months in those that survived.
We assessed HRQoL in all patients with septic shock by randomised treatment group (hydrocortisone vs. placebo). In addition, we investigated HRQoL in subgroups determined by pre-randomisation variables: high (≥ 25) vs. low (< 25) severity of illness (APACHE II) score [18], female vs. male gender, peak catecholamine dose at randomization of < or ≥ 15 mcg/min (severity of shock), and defined by post-randomisation variables; time to shock reversal (days), those treated or not with already abbreviated above RRT during the study, and in those with or without new/repeated bacteremia during the study.
For female vs. male, the definition for collection was to select the appropriate sex (male or female) which corresponded to the patient’s legal gender. The legal gender was defined as the gender listed on the birth certificate. For the purpose of this study, we respectfully refer to sex and/or gender as ‘gender’.
Statistical analysis
Baseline characteristics were compared between hydrocortisone and placebo within the cohort of survivors who had HRQoL data available. χ2 test and t test were used for categorical and continuous variables, respectively.
All patients who were alive at 6 months and answered the EQ-5D-5L were included. Responses to the EQ-5D-5L are presented by 5 domains and 5 levels. Responses were also converted into HRQoL utility scores using the Australian published tariffs and were reported as a continuous outcome with means and Standard Deviations (SD). The VAS responses were also reported as continuous outcomes (Mean and SD).
Associations for the pre and post-randomisation variables and HRQoL outcomes were presented as odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for binary outcomes (no problems vs. moderate to extreme problems) based on a logistic model and Mean Differences (MD) and 95% CI for continuous outcomes based on a linear model. Adjusted associations are presented in the results for significant variables. Variables for the adjusted model were selected from pre-specified covariates included in the main ADRENAL paper (including age, gender, APACHE II score, admission type, site of sepsis (pulmonary vs. other), randomization (hydrocortisone vs. placebo), and baseline therapy (mechanical ventilation, inotrope/vasopressor use). Significance level was set at p = 0.05. All tests were two-sided and the nominal level of α was 5%. SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 was used for analyses.
Sensitivity analysis
Sensitivity analyses were conducted to determine if any differences existed between those that survived, were lost to follow-up or had missing HRQoL data. Baseline characteristics were compared with χ2 test and t test used for categorical and continuous variables, respectively. In addition, imputation for patients who died at 6 months was conducted for HRQoL utility scores (imputing a zero value) for all reported clinical groups of interest.
Results
Between March 2013 and April 2017 a total of 2151/2521 (85.3%) ADRENAL participants who were alive completed follow-up at 6 months which included 1080/1265 participants in the hydrocortisone group and 1071/1256 participants in the placebo group (Fig. 1).
Participant baseline characteristics (prior to randomization) are reported in Table 1 between hydrocortisone and placebo groups. The characteristics of the two group were well matched with no significant differences noted.
Health-related quality of life
Participants completed the HRQoL questionnaire 75.8% (1630/2151) of the time and a proxy 24.2% (521/2151) of the time. The proxy was more likely to report moderate to extreme problems for mobility, self-care, and usual activity but not for pain, discomfort and anxiety/depression (eTables 10–11).
Overall, at 6 months after randomisation the mean VAS was 70.8, mean utility score 59.4, with between 15% and 30% of patients reporting moderate to severe problems in any given domain (Table 2).
For those patients receiving hydrocortisone compared with placebo, the mean VAS was 71.1 vs. 70.6 [adjusted MD 0.39; 95% CI − 1.39 to 2.171), respectively. The mean utility score was 59.6 vs. 59.2 (adjusted MD 0.01; 95% CI − 0.03 to 0.04), respectively (Tables 2, 3).
For gender, the odds of experiencing moderate to extreme pain was lower for males compared to females (adjusted OR 0.69; 95% CI 0.57 to 0.84]; p = 0.0002) (Fig. 2, Table 3, eTable 3).
In patient with high severity of illness and severity of shock, no differences between moderate to extreme problems were reported in any of the HRQoL domains nor in the VAS or utility score (Table 3, eTables 4 and 5).
In patients receiving RRT at any time during the study, the odds of experiencing moderate to extreme problems with mobility (adjusted OR 1.30; 95% CI 1.02 to 1.65; p = 0.0307) and usual activities (adjusted OR 1.39; 95% CI 1.11 to 1.75; p = 0.0048) were higher compared with those that didn’t receive RRT at any time during the study (Table 3, eTable 7).
A longer time to shock reversal (> 7 days vs. <=2 days) was associated with an increase in the odds of patients reporting moderate to extreme problems in mobility (adjusted OR 2.11; 95% CI 1.51 to 2.96; p = < 0.0001), self-care (adjusted OR 1.76; 95% 1.17 to 2.65; p = 0.0068), and usual activities (adjusted OR 2.10; 95% CI 1.52 to 2.91; p = < 0.0001). Mean utility scores also reflected worse health states the longer time to shock reversal (adjusted MD − 0.08; 95% CI − 0.14 to -0.03]; p = 0.0018) (Table 3, eTable 6).
No differences in moderate to extreme problems with HRQoL were reported between patients with new bacteraemia compared with no bacteraemia in any of the 5 domains of EQ-5D-5L nor in the mean VAS or utility scores (Table 3, eTable 8).
Sensitivity analysis
Baseline characteristics between those that survived, were lost to follow up or had missing EQ-5D-5L, and those who died did not show significant differences (eTable 1). When the results were imputated for patients who died at 6 months the utility scores for RRT and severity of shock (peak catecholamine dose) were different as compared to the main results, where both showed significant associations with worse HRQoL (eTable 9).
Discussion
Key findings
We found that survivors of septic shock have low indices of reported quality of life and between 15 and 30% report moderate to extreme problems in the various domains of HRQoL. The administration of hydrocortisone did not result in an improved HRQoL. Females were more likely to experience moderate to extreme pain at 6 months compared to males.
Relationship to previous studies
Our findings of poor self-reported HRQoL at 6 months align with prior studies in sepsis and critical illness [6, 9, 19, 20]. In a recent report of HRQoL and 1-year survival in early septic shock, patients randomised to early goal directed therapy or usual care self-reported their HRQoL using the EQ-5D-3L with VAS scores of 66.0 and 66.3 between groups, respectively (population norms 81.6; this cohort 70.8).
In a secondary analysis of two international RCTs in patients with severe sepsis [9] long-term HRQoL was measured using the EQ-5D-3L at 6 months, which also reported similar decrements in health to our study, particularly in the functional domains of mobility, usual activities and self-care.
The findings in our study demonstrating differences between genders in self-reported HRQoL scores aligns with previous research in other patient populations [21]. Specifically, our results showed females were more likely to report moderate to extreme levels of pain at 6 months. These differences may be partly explained by comorbidities or other sociodemographic factors which we were unable to control for. Further research is being undertaken to understand if gender is a treatment effect modifier for hydrocortisone in this patient population.
Our study identified that the need for RRT and longer time to shock reversal were associated with reduced HRQoL for patients. Use of RRT has previously been shown to be associated with low quality of life [22]. Whilst steroids influence shock reversal and time to ICU discharge favorably, it did not translate to improved long-term HRQoL in our study. Steroids do have the propensity to cause myopathy, adversely affect neuromuscular function and delay recovery [23] suggesting a possible mechanism potentially countering any benefits seen during the acute phase of septic shock.
The association between reported pre and post-randomisation variables and 6-month HRQoL observed in our study differ from those that were reported by Yende and colleagues [9, 24]. They modelled predictors of impaired HRQoL in the domains for mobility and self-care at 6 months and found that duration of organ support (measured by ventilation and dialysis use for 1–14 days or more than 14 days, or vasopressor use for 1–7 days or 7 or more days) did not impact on either domain. The possible reasons for the differences between our studies could be related to differences in the patient definitions used for septic shock (ACCESS [24] included both severe sepsis and septic shock patients with septic shock defined as hypotension requiring vasopressors. ADRENAL [12] only included septic shock patients whom required vasopressors/inotropes for minimum of 4 h plus mechanical ventilation) [9, 11].
Strengths and limitations
This represents the largest study of HRQoL assessment in a cohort of patients with septic shock. The endpoint of this study was a pre-specified secondary outcome from the ADRENAL trial and all the data were collected in the context of a large, pragmatic, randomised control trial. [11] The follow-up was conducted by trained research coordinators who were blinded to the treatment allocation. Follow-up success rate exceeded 80% which is similar or higher than other similar studies [9, 19, 25]. The inclusion of 69 sites from 5 countries increases the generalizability of the results. The EQ-5D-5L is a valid, easily administered, quality of life assessment tool that is available in more than 130 languages and has been used in a number of high quality randomised trials in intensive care patients, including in patients with sepsis [9, 19, 25, 26]. The use of the 5 level version also allowed for better responsiveness of patients self-reported HRQoL with 75% of responses completed by the participant in our study.
Within the context of a large pragmatic trial, we did not collect data on concurrent illnesses and post care after the index hospital discharge and before the 6-month follow-up which may have confounded the HRQoL assessment [27]. The EQ-5D-5L questionnaire has some limitations including that it is a preference based measure that is mainly used to determine Quality Adjusted Life Year scores for cost effective analysis. However, the EQ-5D-5L has been tested for responsiveness (the ability to detect health status change) and is considered to be able to do so effectively [28]. We did not account for patients who died as the primary aim was to evaluate HRQoL in survivors at 6 months, but we performed a sensitivity analysis to determine any differences in those that died or had missing HRQoL data.
Clinical implications and future direction
Our study provides new hypothesis generating information about the potential importance of delay in reversal of shock in the acute phase of the illness and the resultant impact on long-term HRQoL. Whilst macro and micro circulatory abnormalities in septic shock have been reported to be associated with long-term mortality [29, 30], this is the first report to describe the impact of delayed shock reversal in the acute phase on long-term quality of life in adult patients with septic shock. Whilst the precise mechanism of the basis of this finding was not investigated in this study, persistent shock is associated with cellular and metabolic abnormalities, and organ dysfunction [31], particularly involving the central nervous and musculoskeletal systems which are key elements in the HRQoL assessment. In the original ADRENAL trial, we had reported improvement in secondary outcomes in the hydrocortisone group (earlier reversal of shock, earlier liberation from mechanical ventilation, and faster time to discharge from ICU). The lack of a difference between the hydrocortisone and placebo groups in HRQoL, despite earlier shock reversal in the former, may be due to the lack of statistical power.
Studies of associations, especially ones including post-randomisation variables are subject to confounding, as such, the association between the post-randomisation groups and HRQoL outcomes at 6 months were hypothesis generating with model estimates interpreted with caution and will need to be investigated further in future randomised controlled trials.
Conclusions
In conclusion, approximately one fifth of septic shock survivors report moderate to extreme problems in HRQoL domains at 6 months. Hydrocortisone treatment for septic shock was not associated with improved self-reported HRQoL at 6 months. Female patients reported worse pain in the EQ-5D-5L at 6 months.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Sarah Grattan for her assistance with formatting figures and tables. We would also like to thank all the site staff and the patients and their families who contributed to the ADRENAL trial and made this study possible. ADRENAL Trial Investigators Participating sites and investigators (Australia unless stated): Auckland City Hospital CVICU (New Zealand): Keri-Anne Cowdrey, Eileen Gilder, Stephanie Long, Lianne McCarthy, Shay McGuinness and Rachael Parke. Auckland City Hospital DCCM (New Zealand): Kristen Benefield, Yan Chen, Colin McArthur, Rachael McConnochie and Lynette Newby. Austin Hospital: Rinaldo Bellomo, Glenn Eastwood, Daryl Jones, Leah Peck and Helen Young. Bendigo Hospital: Catherine Boschert, John Edington, Jason Fletcher and Julie Smith. Blacktown Hospital: Dhaval Ghelani, Kiran Nand, Graham Reece and Treena Sara. Bristol Royal Infirmary (United Kingdom, England): Jeremy Bewley, Libby Cole, Lisa Grimmer, Lucy Howie, Shanaz James, Marta Kozlowski, Victoria Phillips, Sanjoy Shah, Katie Sweet and Denise Webster. Calvary Mater Hospital Newcastle: Irene Bailey, Katrina Ellem and Toni McKenna. Christchurch Hospital (New Zealand): Seton Henderson, David Knight, Jan Mehrtens, Emmeline Minto and Sascha Noble. Footscray Hospital: Zia Ansari, Samantha Bates, Craig French, Dashiell Gantner, Sathyajith Velandy Koottayi, Forbes McGain, John Mulder, Anna Tippett and Miriam Towns. Freeman Hospital - Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom, England): Christine Boyd, Verity Calder, Kayla Harris, Carmen Scott and Stephen Wright. Fremantle Hospital/Fiona Stanley Hospital: Bart De Keulenaer, Edward Litton, Annamaria Palermo, and Adrian Regli. Geelong Hospital: Alison Bone, Claire Cattigan, Tania Elderkin, Melissa Fraser, Martina Ni Chonghaile, Neil Orford, and Tania Salerno. Gold Coast University Hospital: Maimoonbe Gough, Jody Paxton, Mandy Tallott and James Winearls. Gosford Hospital: Michael Bastick, Robert Cameron, Katrina Ellis, Atul Gaur, Rebecca Gregory, Jessica Naumoff and Mary White. Ipswich General Hospital: Neeraj Bhadange, Nandan Bhende, Umakant Bhutada, Anand Krishnan, Rebecca Nunn, Judith Ochola, Kristine Ryan, Tracey Sandford and Shannon Treay. John Hunter Hospital: Miranda Hardie, Peter Harrigan, Rachael Paton, Emma Pollock and Rachael Whyte. King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): Fatimah Al Ehnidi, Farhan Al Enizi, Eman Al Qasim, Moudi Al Qahtani, Alawi Al Saeedi, Sami Al Solamy, Shmylan Alharbi, Yaseen Arabi, Maamoun Dbsawy, Samir Hadad, Mohammed Muhaidib, Shihab Mundekkadan, Muath Najjar, Vusala Rzayeva, Musharaf Sadat and Sadaf Saedar. King Fahad Medical City (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): Husain Abdulmutalib, Mohammed A. AlMaani, Alaa Ashraf B. AlQurashi, Hani Lababidi, and Pendo Ntinika. King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia): Ahmed Abdulmomen, Mariam Al-Ansari and Mohammad Hussein. King’s College Hospital (United Kingdom, England): Alexander Chan, Clair Harris, Phillip Hopkins, Lucy Johnson, Clare Mellis, Leah Thompson, and Julia Wendon. Lewisham Hospital (United Kingdom, England): Richard Breeze, Michaela Heller, Mick Jennings, Waqas Khaliq, Ingrid Krupe, Ashraf Molokhia, Mathin Mostert, Rosie Reece-Anthony and Bernd Oliver Rose. Liverpool Hospital: Anders Aneman, Kerrie-Ann Bradshaw, Lien Lombardo, Claudia Lopez, Sharon Micallef, William O’Regan and Antony Stewart. Logan Hospital: Lynette Morrison, Kellie Sosnowski, Joanne Sutton and Hayden White. Lyell McEwin Hospital: Natalie Soar, Peter Thomas and Josette Wood. Mackay Hospital: Jacqueline Atkins, Stuart Baker and Neeraj Bhadange. Mater Health Services (Private), Brisbane: Melissa Finney, Kye Gregory, Amod Karnik, Megan Martin, John Morgan, Maria Pietsch, Jeffrey Presneill and David Sturgess. Mater Health Services (Public), Brisbane: Melissa Finney, Kye Gregory, Amod Karnik, Megan Martin and David Sturgess. Middlemore Hospital (New Zealand): Jefferson Aguila, Bernadette Clatworthy, Anisha Dias, Chantal Hogan, Alex Kazemi, Emmanuel Pelayo, Laura Rust, Rima Song, Anna Tilsley and Tony Williams. Monash Medical Centre: Hesham Abdelrahman, Lauren Bulfin, Tim Crozier, Darcy Davey, Jonathan Devine, Dhiraj Dwwivedi, Suzanne Eliott, David Ernest, Michelle Fernando, Kelli Fenech, Pauline Galt, Maja Green, Tammy Lamac, Klaudija Lavrans, Oakleigh Mullan, Paul Ritchie, Stephen Thornhill, Craig Walker, Huichun Wang, Stuart Wilson and Naomi Yarwood. Nambour General Hospital: Jane Brailsford, Anne Buckley, Loretta Forbes, Peter Garrett, John Moore and Lauren Murray. Nepean Hospital: Rebecca Gresham, Julie Lowrey, Kristy Masters, Ian Seppelt, Fiona Symonds, Leonie Weisbrodt and Christina Whitehead. North Shore Hospital (New Zealand): Jeanette Bell, Sheila Caniba, Maud Carpenter, Danielle Hacking, Janet Liang, and Caroline Thomas. Northern Hospital: Olga Burgess, Angaj Ghosh, John Green, Vanessa Leonard-Roberts, Mary Park and Simone Said. Prince Charles Hospital: Amanda Corley, Lizanne Dalgleish, Melannie Edwards, John Fraser, Paul Jarrett, India Lye, David Sellers, Amy Spooner and Marc Ziegenfuss. Prince of Wales Hospital: Maria Albania, Sumesh Arora, Michelle Campbell, Yahya Shehabi, Yi Shi and Nicola Straiton. Princess Alexandra Hospital: Chris Joyce, Jason Meyer, Kelly Perkins, Emma Saylor, Bala Venkatesh, Ellen Venz, James Walsham, and Krista Wetzig. Queen Alexandra Hospital - Portsmouth (United Kingdom, England): David Pogson, Lindsey Roberts and Steve Rose. Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Birmingham (United Kingdom, England): Amy Bamford, Colin Bergin, Ronald Carrera, Lauren Cooper, Liesl Despy, Karen Ellis, Samantha Harkett, Peter Ip, Philip Pemberton, Martin Pope, Emma Reeves, Catherine Snelson, Elaine Spruce, Arlo Whitehouse and Tony Whitehouse. Redcliffe Hospital: Maree Duroux, Hamish Pollock, Megan Ratcliffe and Tim Warhurst. Rigshospitalet (Denmark): Björn Anders Brand, David Lavarett Buck, Vibeke Christiansen, Jette Fredlund Degn, Sofie Riis Jessiman, Maj-Brit Nørregaard Kjær, Vibeke Knudsen, Martin Bruun Madsen, Charlotte Benedikte Mørch Merie, Morten Hylander Møller, Rasmus Müller, Jonas Nielsen, Lizette Helbo Nislev, Anders Perner, Lars Quist, Kis Rønn Uhre, Sofie Louise Rygård, Anne Sofie Svanekier, Hans-Christian Thorsen-Meyer and Jonathan White. Royal Adelaide Hospital: Marianne Chapman, Sarah Doherty, Kathleen Glasby, Sonya Kloeden, Stephanie O’Connor, Alex Poole, Justine Rivett and Krishnaswamy Sundararajan. Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital: Jenie Butler, Jeremy Cohen, Rachael Dunlop, Paul Jarrett, Melissa Lassig-Smith, Amelia Livermore, Therese Starr and Janine Stuart. Royal Darwin Hospital: Sidharth Agarwal, Margaret Phillips, Dianne Stephens and Jane Thomas. Royal Gwent Hospital (United Kingdom, Wales): Nicholas Mason and Una Gunter. Royal Hobart Hospital: David Cooper and Rick McAllister. Royal Melbourne Hospital: James Anstey, Deborah Barge, Jai Darvall, Rohit D’Costa, Kieron Gorman, Nerina Harley, Andrea Jordan, Christian Karcher, Christopher MacIsaac, Thomas Rechnitzer and Shyamala Sriram. Royal North Shore Hospital: Frances Bass, Simon Bird, Celia Bradford, Anthony Delaney, Simon Finfer, Naomi Hammond, Roger Harris, Anne O’Connor, Maz Razivian, Sarah Wesley and Elizabeth Yarad. 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This study was supported by project grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Grant Numbers: 1004108 and 1124926) and the Health Research Council of New Zealand (grant number: 12/306), by indirect funding from the National Institute of Health Research in the United Kingdom, and by Practitioner Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (to Drs. Venkatesh, Finfer, Bellomo, and Myburgh).
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Dr. Perner reports receiving Grant support from CSL Behring, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, and Fresenius Kabi; and Dr. Rhodes, serving as co-chair of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. No other potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
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Hammond, N.E., Finfer, S., Li, Q. et al. Health-related quality of life in survivors of septic shock: 6-month follow-up from the ADRENAL trial. Intensive Care Med 46, 1696–1706 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06169-1
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