Surviving Intensive Care

Angus, Derek C.; Carlet, Jean

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.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2003-11-25

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783540441496

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-55733-0

Dimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm

Pages: 344.0