Search Tag: patient recovery

ICU Management

Icu-without-borders

2023 24 May

  Critical illness is characterised by various phases and outcomes, including deterioration, organ dysfunction, and recovery or death. Patient care is often fragmented, with different groups of healthcare providers managing different aspects of the patient's journey. Communication and collaboration gaps between these groups can lead to breakdowns...Read more

ICU Management

Update-on-long-term-outcomes

2019 15 Dec

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ICU Management

Evaluating-physical-functioning-in-icu-patients

2017 10 Oct

Measuring physical functioning is important in the intensive care unit (ICU) to help inform patient recovery after critical illness, to identify patients who may require rehabilitation interventions, and to monitor responsiveness to such interventions, according to a viewpoint article in the journal Critical Care. "Impairment in physical functioning...Read more

Cardiology Management

Exercise-after-heart-attack-improves-recovery

2015 04 Aug

A new study published in the  American Journal of Physiology–Heart and Circulatory Physiology   investigates whether regular exercise helps the heart even after a heart attack occurs.  It is well established that exercise promotes heart health but since other lifestyle factors also cause heart disease, regular physical activity may not be enough to...Read more