Objective: To conduct a systematic review and metaanalysis of the prevalence, risk factors,
and prevention/treatment strategies for posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in critical …

Background: Millions of patients are discharged from intensive care units annually. These
intensive care survivors and their families frequently report a wide range of impairments in …

Objective: Decades-old, common ICU practices including deep sedation, immobilization,
and limited family access are being challenged. We endeavoured to evaluate the …

Objective: Survivors of severe critical illness frequently develop substantial and persistent
physical complications, including muscle weakness, impaired physical function, and …

Critical care has evolved from treatment of poliomyelitis victims with respiratory failure in an
intensive care unit to treatment of severely ill patients irrespective of location or specific …

Objectives: The epidemiology of chronic critical illness is not well characterized. We sought
to determine the prevalence, outcomes, and associated costs of chronic critical illness in the …

Importance Although most critically ill patients receive invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV),
few studies have characterized how IMV is discontinued in practice. Objective To describe …

Although advances in intensive care have enabled more patients to survive an acute critical
illness, they also have created a large and growing population of chronically critically ill …

Objective: Few contemporary population-based data exist about the incidence, patient
characteristics, and outcomes of mechanical ventilation in acute care hospitals. We sought …

Context Studies suggest that many survivors of critical illness experience long-term cognitive
impairment but have not included premorbid measures of cognitive functioning and have not …