Title Surviving intensive care / D.C. Angus, J. Carlet (eds.)

Published Berlin ; London : Springer, [2003] ©2003

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Description xiii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Update in intensive care and emergency medicine, 0933-6788 ; 39 Update in intensive care and emergency medicine ; 39 Contents Machine derived contents note: Natural History of Critical Illness -- -- Survival as an Outcome for ICU Patients -- S. P. Keenan and P. Dodek -- -- Morbidity and Functional Limitation in Survivors of ARDS -- M. S. Herridge -- -- Health-related Quality of Life -- K. Rowan, C. Jenkinson, and N. Black -- -- The Neuropsychological Consequences of Intensive Care -- K. T. Sukantarat and S. Brett -- -- The Burden of Caregiving on Families of ICU Survivors -- M. M. Levy -- -- Long-term Economic Consequences -- of Surviving Intensive Care -- K. G. Kalassian and D. C. Angus -- -- Understanding Outcomes of Critically Ill Older Patients -- E. W. Ely -- -- Measuring the Health Status of Pediatric ICU Survivors -- A. G. Randolph and R. Graham -- -- -- Predictors and Modifiers of Long-term Outcomes -- -- Pre-ICU Factors -- R. Moreno, R. Matos, and P. G. H. Metnitz -- -- Intra-ICU patient factors -- J.-L. Vincent -- -- -- -- ICU Environmental Factors and Quality of Sleep -- in Critically Ill Patients -- S. Grasso, L. Mascia, and V. M. Ranieri -- -- The Impact of Routine ICU Supportive Care -- on Long-term Outcomes from Critical Illness -- J. B. Hall and J. Kress -- -- -- Improving Methods to Capture Long-term Outcomes -- in Clinical Studies -- -- Disease-free Survival and Quality of Life as End-points -- in Clinical Trials -- M. Van Glabbeke and A. Bottomley -- -- Surrogate Measures of Patient-centered Outcomes -- in Critical Care -- G. D. Rubenfeld -- -- Measuring Health Status after Critical Illness: -- Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here? -- J. R. Curtis -- -- How Should We Assess Neuropsychological Sequelae -- of Critical Illness? -- R. O. Hopkins -- -- How Can We Evaluate Information Provided -- to Family Members in the ICU? -- E. Azoulay, D. Moreau, and F. Pochard -- -- -- Approaches to Improve Long-term Outcomes -- -- How Should We Measure the Economic Consequences -- of Critical Illness? -- B. A. van Hout and D. C. Angus -- -- Modifying Triage Decisions -- to Optimize Long-term Outcomes -- C. L. Sprung and P. D. Levin -- -- Preventing Nosocomial Infections to Improve Outcome -- of Intensive Care -- C. Brun-Buisson -- -- -- -- Preventing Iatrogenic Complications -- J. Bion, G. K. Hart, and Z. Khan -- -- Changing ICU Behavior to Focus on Long-term Outcomes -- J. McMullin and D. J. Cook -- -- L.O.V.E. and Quality of Life within the ICU: -- How can it improve Patient Outcome? -- J. Carlet, M. Garrouste-Orgeas, and B. Guidet -- -- Re-organizing Health Care Systems -- to Optimize Critical Care Outcomes -- M. Hartleib and W. J. Sibbald -- -- Defining 'Success' in ICU Care -- P. Pronovost, A. Wu, and C. G. Holzmueller -- -- -- Subject Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Critical care medicine. Outcome assessment (Medical care) Critical Care. Treatment Outcome. Critical Illness. Economics. Quality of Life. Survivors. Author Carlet, Jean. Angus, D. C. (Derek C.), 1962- LC no. 2002030217 ISBN 3540438114 : 3540441492 paperback

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