Background: Survivors of critical illness often experience profound changes in their lives
after the intensive care unit (ICU). Although there is promise seen in the increased survival …

Background: Survivors of critical illness experience high rates of serious health-related
suffering. The delivery of palliative care may assist in decreasing this burden for survivors …

Objective To examine the needs of adult survivors of critical illness through a lens of
palliative care. Research methodology A qualitative study of adult survivors of critical illness …

RATIONALE: Post-intensive care unit (ICU) follow-up clinics have emerged as hubs of
innovation to provide ICU survivors and their families individualized care for long-term …

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 …

Delivery of palliative care in the ICU will be hampered until studies incorporate outcomes
that are: responsive to and reflective of variations in care, and multi-faceted (with patient …

Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions are often accompanied by many physical and
existential pressure points that can be extraordinarily wearing on patients and their families …

Palliative care is a core component of comprehensive care for patients facing critical illness,
regardless of age, diagnosis, or prognosis. Key domains of intensive care unit (ICU) …

Objectives: To describe unique features of neurocritical illness that are relevant to provision
of high-quality palliative care; to discuss key prognostic aids and their limitations for …

From the inception of the intensive care unit (ICU), endof-life care has always been
delivered in this setting due to the high severity of illness of the patients. Approximately 50 …