Katrin Flügge: With master thesis against post-intensive care syndrome!

Katrin Flügge: With master thesis against post-intensive care syndrome!

Hannover, Deutschland - Katrin Flügge, a 29-year-old Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) from the neurosurgical and anesthesiological intensive care unit 34, was awarded the Hanse Care Prize 2025. This award, which is awarded by the Scientific Association for the Promotion of Clinically used research in intensive care medicine (WIVIM e.V.), recognizes its outstanding master thesis in health and nursing sciences. The price is endowed with 2,000 euros and is presented as part of the intensive care medicine + intensive care in Bremen, as reported.

Flügge has completed a well-founded training as a health and nurse and completed a part-time course in parallel. During an internship in an intensive care unit in Basel, she met the concept of Advanced Practice Nursing (APN). APNs take on demanding tasks in nursing practice and specialize in improving patient care, advising patients and relatives and promoting interprofessional cooperation.

research on the post-intensive care syndromes

In her master's thesis, Katrin Flügge dealt with the post-intensive care syndromes (PICS), a state that often occurs in patients after an intensive care stay. Pics contains physical, cognitive and psychological consequences that can significantly affect the quality of life of those affected and their relatives. Flügge concentrated in particular on patients with subarachnoid bleeding (SAB), which is often triggered by a burst aneurysm.

Research shows that advances in intensive care medicine lead to an increasing survival rate, but at the same time result in higher rehospitalization and mortality rates. Many survivors face challenges marked by PICs, which is why the correct care is crucial. As described in ai online To optimize aftercare.

Effective care disventures

Systematic literature searches have shown that various interventions, such as the ABCDE (F) bundle, intensive diaries, early mobilization, interventions and music therapy, can cause significant improvements among those affected. The ABCDE (F) bundles have been shown to have positive effects on delirious prevalence. Intensive diaries can help reduce psychological impairments and reduce post -intensive mortality.

In addition, early mobilization reduces the intensive weakness and improves the independence of the patients. These approaches require close cooperation within the nursing team and a quick identification of the patients who are at risk of suffering from pics. Flügge has clearly set itself the goal of improving intensive care and the aftercare process for those affected and their families and thus contributing to the continuous development in intensive care.