The ABCDEF bundle: Science and philosophy of how ICU liberation serves patients and families

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 321-330

  Ely, E Wesley ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCDEF bundle; analgesia; caregiver burden; coma; critical care; delirium; dementia; early mobility; family engagement; implementation; intensive care unit; intensive care unit liberation; long term cognitive impairment; mechanical ventilation; medical error; pain; pain, agitation, and delirium; patient safety; protocol; quality improvement; sedation; sepsis; survivorship; weaning

Indexed keywords

ABCDEF BUNDLE; AGITATION; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DELIRIUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEGLIGENCE; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEER REVIEW; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENCE; SEDATION; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CARE BUNDLE; INTENSIVE CARE; PERSONHOOD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PERSONHOOD; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 85009804127     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002175     Document Type: Article

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