Chronic critical illness: The growing challenge to health care

Respiratory Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1021-1027

  MacIntyre, Neil R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute care; Chronic critical illness; Critical illness; ICU; Intensive care; Long term acute care; Mechanical ventilation; Skilled nursing facilities; Step down

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; DEVICE INFECTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; ECONOMICS; INTENSIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW; SURVIVOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84863598602     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.01768     Document Type: Article

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