Chronic critical illness: A growing legacy of successful advances in critical care

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 476-477

  Sjoding, Michael W ^a   Cooke, Colin R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic disease economics; Critical illness; Health policy; Mechanical ventilation; Survivors

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE;

EID: 84927734134     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000780     Document Type: Editorial

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