Surviving Intensive Care

by Angus, Derek C.; Carlet, Jean

• ISBN13: 9783540438113
• ISBN10: 3540438114
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

For many years, intensive care has focused on avoiding immediate death from acute, life-threatening conditions. However, there are increasing reports of a number of lingering consequences for those who do indeed survive intensive care. Examples include on-going high risk of death, neurocognitive defects, significant caregiver burden, and continued high healthcare costs.Surviving Intensive Care, written by the world's experts in this area, is dedicated to better understanding the consequences of surviving intensive care and is intended to provide a synopsis of the current knowledge and a stimulus for future research and improved care of the critically ill.

Table of Contents

Natural History of Critical Illness
Survival as an Outcome for ICU Patients	3	(18)
S. P. Keenan
P. Dodek
Morbidity and Functional Limitation in Survivors of ARDS	21	(14)
M. S. Herridge
Health-related Quality of Life	35	(16)
K. Rowan
C. Jenkinson
N. Black
The Neuropsychological Consequences of Intensive Care	51	(12)
K. T. Sukantarat
S. Brett
The Burden of Caregiving on Families of ICU Survivors	63	(10)
M. M. Levy
Long-term Economic Consequences of Surviving Intensive Care	73	(12)
K. G. Kalassian
D. C. Angus
Understanding Outcomes of Critically Ill Older Patients	85	(22)
E. W. Ely
Measuring the Health Status of Pediatric ICU Survivors	107	(12)
A. G. Randolph
R. Graham
Predictors and Modifiers of Long-term Outcomes
Pre-ICU Factors	119	(8)
R. Moreno
R. Matos
P. G. H. Metnitz
Intra-ICU patient factors	127	(6)
J.-L. Vincent
ICU Environmental Factors and Quality of Sleep in Critically Ill Patients	133	(12)
S. Grasso
L. Mascia
V. M. Ranieri
The Impact of Routine ICU Supportive Care on Long-term Outcomes from Critical Illness	145	(10)
J. B. Hall
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	155	(14)
M. Van Glabbeke
A. Bottomley
Surrogate Measures of Patient-centered Outcomes in Critical Care	169	(12)
G. D. Rubenfeld
Measuring Health Status after Critical Illness: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?	181	(16)
J. R. Curtis
How Should We Assess Neuropsychological Sequelae of Critical Illness?	197	(14)
R. O. Hopkins
How Can We Evaluate Information Provided to Family Members in the ICU?	211	(10)
E. Azoulay
D. Moreau
F. Pochard
Approaches to Improve Long-term Outcomes
How Should We Measure the Economic Consequences of Critical Illness?	221	(14)
B. A. van Hout
D. C. Angus
Modifying Triage Decisions to Optimize Long-term Outcomes	235	(12)
C. L. Sprung
P. D. Levin
Preventing Nosocomial Infections to Improve Outcome of Intensive Care	247	(10)
C. Brun-Buisson
Preventing Iatrogenic Complications	257	(30)
J. Bion
G. K. Hart
Z. Khan
Changing ICU Behavior to Focus on Long-term Outcomes	287	(10)
J. McMullin
D. J. Cook
L.O.V.E. and Quality of Life within the ICU: How can it improve Patient Outcome?	297	(8)
J. Carlet
M. Garrouste-Orgeas
B. Guidet
Re-organizing Health Care Systems to Optimize Critical Care Outcomes	305	(18)
M. Hartleib
W. J. Sibbald
Defining `Success' in ICU Care	323	(18)
P. Pronovost
A. Wu
C. G. Holzmueller
Subject Index	341