OBJECTIVES: This review identifies the most significant factors, which impact upon the user
experience of progress and recovery from critical illness during the first month after …

Follow‐up of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) is recommended as a
means of service evaluation (Department of Health (2000). Comprehensive Critical Care: a …

AIMS: To critically review the literature in order to describe the themes associated with the
experience of critical illness and consider how these inform the patients understanding …

Aims and objectives To explore the psychosocial needs of patients discharged from
intensive care, the extent to which they are captured using existing theory on transitions in …

Aims and objectives. To establish patients' experiences after discharge from critical care and
to evaluate implementation of a follow‐up service. Background. Government …

Background Sedation practices in the intensive care unit have evolved from deep sedation
and paralysis toward lighter sedation and better pain management. The new paradigm of …

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of a redesigned intensive care unit (ICU) nursing discharge
process on ICU discharge delay, hospital mortality, and ICU readmission within 72 hours …

Background Intensive care survivors suffer chronic and potentially life-changing physical,
psychosocial and cognitive sequelae, and supporting recovery is an international priority. As …

BACKGROUND: Experiences of critically ill patients are an important aspect of the quality of
care in the intensive care (ICU). OBJECTIVE: The aims of the study were firstly, to evaluate …

BACKGROUND We conducted a scoping review to systematically review the literature
reporting patient discharge from ICUs, identify facilitators and barriers to high-quality care …