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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Objective: Although successful models for palliative care delivery and quality improvement
in the intensive care unit have been described, their applicability in surgical intensive care …

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 …

In Our Unit palliative care, we are somehow “failing” the patient. We determined that a
palliative care program would greatly enhance the care received by our patients and their …

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) …

Abstract Background Many Intensive Care Unit (ICU) deaths include patient and family
suffering. While there is a need to include palliative care in the ICU, such care is often …