The continuum of care is a term used to describe the collective phases of patients' illnesses.
In critical care, it is recognised that phases such as preeintensive care unit (ICU), during …

Critical illness annually impacts thousands of people across the life span. 1 Provision of
quality care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is multifaceted, with patient care delivery …

Clinicians in critical care settings have their hands full: in attempting to deliver state of the art
care to individuals with life-threatening health crises safely and humanely, it is only logical …

Whether a critically ill patient should or should not be offered life-supporting treatment in the
intensive care unit (ICU) is arguably the most important decision that is regularly made on …

Abstract Background Patients admitted to Australian intensive care units are often critically
unwell, and present the challenge of increasing mortality due to an ageing population …

Objectives Critical illness recovery is a journey; from intensive care unit to hospital ward to
home. However, evidence is limited on how best to enable recovery from critical illness. This …

Babe Ruth, an American professional baseball player and one of the most famous sporting
heroes, is considered to be the greatest baseball player of all time. His career spanned 22 …

It is over 20 years since McQuillan et al. 1 reported deficiencies in clinical care that in-
patients in hospital wards received before being transferred to an intensive care unit (ICU) …

According to Meleis and colleagues, the core of nursing practice is to coach patients through
transition (s). 1—3 Transitions are passages from one life phase, physical condition, or …

Background Contemporary intensive care enables many critically ill patients to survive their
initial illness; however, a small group of patients require a protracted stay in the intensive …