… diseases or critical illnesses, the American Thoracic Society (ATS) approved formation of
an ad hoc End-of-Life Care Task Force whose purpose was to develop this statement that …

… of critical illness; and specialised human and physical resources. The defining attributes led
to our proposed definitions of critical illness as, ‘a … for reversibility’, and of critical care as, ‘the …

… Chronic critical illness has been recognized and defined in the adult population, but the …
about pediatric chronic critical illness, highlighting the unique aspects of chronic critical illness in …

… In 2008, the ATS (American Thoracic Society) published a policy statement on palliative care
for patients with respiratory disease and critical illness (1). That policy statement described …

… consensus statement including recommendations for PT practice for survivors of critical illness
after … tools, and what constitutes an optimal PT intervention for survivors of critical illness? …

… The purpose of this document is to endorse a definition of SDM that is clinically useful in
the context of critical illness, clarify when SDM may be the most appropriate decision-making …

… acute critical illness, but created a new population who are chronically critically ill ( 1 ). Patients
with chronic critical illness … Chronic critical illness can be identified by the placement of …

… The cumulative incidence of critical illness was greatest for … The risk of critical illness did not
vary by socioeconomic … 20 patients experienced a critical illness resulting in ICU admission …

… effect of advances in acute critical care is the emergence of “chronic critical illness” (CCI) …
organ systems are also characteristic of chronic critical illness, as are general debilitation and …

… critical illness enters a chronic phase. Evidence suggests that this may be owing in part to a
lack of understanding of chronic critical illness … making when critical illness becomes chronic, …