Search Tag: ICU survivors' burden

ICU Management

Improving-outcomes-for-icu-survivors

2019 13 Sep

In response to the many challenges faced by ICU survivors today, there has been an increasing need to relieve this burden. Despite that many clinical trials have been implemented to find new strategies, postintensive care syndrome is still a common possibility for both patients and families.   A recent study has identified key enablers and barriers...Read more

ICU Management

Alleviating-icu-survivors-burden-a-consensus-of-29

2017 13 Dec

In a review paper, a team of international researchers highlights how critical illness and critical care affect longer-term outcomes. According to the authors, the severity of acute illness determines the degree of impairment (with age and length of ICU stay) and the chronic disease status determines the trajectory of recovery. Over the past 25 years...Read more