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 the majority of hospital deaths occur in the intensive care unit and
virtually all critically ill patients and their families have palliative needs, we know little about …

The chronically critically ill population is growing rapidly in this country with continued
improvement of life-prolonging treatments. This population is characterized by multiple …

Objective: Chronically critically ill patients have recurrent infections, organ dysfunction, and
at least half die within 1 year. They are frequently cared for in long-term acute care hospitals …

Objective: To describe models used in successful clinical initiatives to improve the quality of
palliative care in critical care settings. Data Sources: We searched the MEDLINE database …

Introduction Survivors of complex critical illness and their family caregivers require support
during their recovery, rehabilitation, and return to community living; however, the nature of …

Intensive care units are providing increasing amounts of palliative care. Accordingly,
integrating palliative care as a component of comprehensive critical care has been identified …

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 …

Rationale: Adults with chronic critical illness (tracheostomy after≥ 10 d of mechanical
ventilation) have a high burden of palliative needs, but little is known about the actual use …