It has been known for decades that survivors after intensive care frequently are prone to a number of time-limited or even chronic problems in the months and years after critical illness. Cullen and co-workers 45 years ago published one of the first papers with focus on the ICU survivors 1 . After twelve months only 12% of the ICU patients had fully recovered to their pre-ICU level, which was less than 50% of the one-year survivors at this time.
Morbidity after severe Covid‐19; the emperors´ new clothes?