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Surviving Intensive Care

By MPH , FCCM , FCCP , S.P. Keenan , P. Dodek (auth.) , Derek C. Angus MD , Jean Carlet MD (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2003
ISBN
978-3-540-44149-6, 978-3-642-55733-0, 3-540-44149-2
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-55733-0
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4588246 bytes)
Series
Update in Intensive Care Medicine 39
Edition
1
Pages
344\343
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

Description

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.

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