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 …

Importance Tracheostomy is a widely used intervention in adult critical care units. There is
little evidence to guide clinicians regarding the optimal timing for this procedure. Objective …

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 …

Context Tracheotomy is used to replace endotracheal intubation in patients requiring
prolonged ventilation; however, there is considerable variability in the time considered …

Background Delay of tracheostomy for roughly 2 weeks after translaryngeal intubation of
critically ill patients is the presently recommended practice and is supported by findings from …

Patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) are rapidly increasing in number,
as improved ICU care has resulted in many patients surviving acute respiratory failure only …

Background: Growing numbers of critically ill patients receive prolonged mechanical
ventilation. Little is known about the patterns of care as patients transition from acute care …

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Introduction Tracheostomy is one of the more commonly performed procedures in critically ill
patients yet the optimal method of performing tracheostomies in this population remains to …

Objective: To compare prolonged mechanical ventilation decision-makers' expectations for
long-term patient outcomes with prospectively observed outcomes and to characterize …