Objectives: Palliative care is an interprofessional specialty as well as an approach to care by
all clinicians caring for patients with serious and complex illness. Unlike hospice, palliative …

Background Prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation after critical illness is an
emerging public health challenge; however, long-term outcomes are incompletely …

Rationale: Disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after greater than or equal to 7 days of
mechanical ventilation (MV) in medical/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients are …

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 …

Background The effects of body mass index (BMI) on the prognosis of acute respiratory
distress syndrome (ARDS) are controversial. We aimed to further determine the relationship …

Background Critical care physicians recognise persistent critical illness as a specific
syndrome, yet few data exist for the timing of the transition from acute to persistent critical …

Rationale Prediction of patients at risk for mortality can help triage patients and assist in
resource allocation. Objectives Develop and evaluate a machine learning-based algorithm …

Rationale: Use of triggers for palliative care consultation has been advocated in intensive
care units (ICUs) to ensure appropriate specialist involvement for patients at high risk of …

Rationale: Limited data are available to characterize the long-term outcomes and associated
costs for patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV; defined here as …

Rationale: Patients managed at a long-term acute-care hospital (LTACH) for weaning from
prolonged mechanical ventilation are at risk for profound muscle weakness and disability …