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Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a viral respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Critical cases evolve into an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with bilateral infiltrates, intrapulmonary shunting, and hypoxemia requiring intubation. A rescue treatme…

Purpose: Although the literature on survivors of critical illness is robust, research on anxiety in critically ill patients remains limited. This dissertation intends to review the current trends in psychological care of anxiety in critically ill patients, estimate the prevalenc…