Considerations and proposals for the management of patients after prolonged intensive care unit admission

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1019, 2010, Pages 541-551

  Johns, Robin H ^a   Dawson, Deborah ^a   Ball, Jonathan ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; INSULIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRWAY; ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DECUBITUS; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DRUG FORMULATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REHABILITATION CARE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TRACHEOSTOMY;

APACHE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956940831     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.100206     Document Type: Review

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