Long-term outcomes after critical illness: recent insights

AF Rousseau, HC Prescott, SJ Brett, B Weiss… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Intensive care survivors often experience post-intensive care sequelae, which are frequently
gathered together under the term “post-intensive care syndrome”(PICS). The consequences …

Restricted visitation policies in acute care settings during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

SJ Moss, KD Krewulak, HT Stelfox, SB Ahmed… - Critical Care, 2021 - Springer
Background Restricted visitation policies in acute care settings because of the COVID-19
pandemic have negative consequences. The objective of this scoping review is to identify …

Caring for critically ill patients with the ABCDEF bundle: results of the ICU liberation collaborative in over 15,000 adults

BT Pun, MC Balas, MA Barnes-Daly… - Critical care …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Decades-old, common ICU practices including deep sedation, immobilization,
and limited family access are being challenged. We endeavoured to evaluate the …

Effect of flexible family visitation on delirium among patients in the intensive care unit: the ICU visits randomized clinical trial

RG Rosa, M Falavigna, DB da Silva, D Sganzerla… - Jama, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effects of intensive care unit (ICU) visiting hours remain uncertain. Objective
To determine whether a flexible family visitation policy in the ICU reduces the incidence of …

The case for relaxing no-visitor policies in hospitals during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

L Munshi, G Evans, F Razak - Cmaj, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
• Restrictive “no-visitor” policies were adopted in Canada during the first wave of the
pandemic in an attempt to mitigate introduction and spread of severe acute respiratory …

Humanizing intensive care: toward a human-centered care ICU model

NN Vaeza, MCM Delgado, GH La Calle - Critical Care Medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
“If you could choose, how would you like the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) to be?” The
Humanization of Intensive Care movement (Proyecto HU-CI) arose after we asked this …

Family support on intensive care units during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative evaluation study into experiences of relatives

HT Klop, M Nasori, TW Klinge, R Hoopman… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Background During the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands, relatives of
patients with COVID-19 admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs) were severely restricted in …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of hospital visitor policies on patients, their visitors, and health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

AN Iness, JO Abaricia, W Sawadogo, CM Iness… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Health care policymaking during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has questioned the precedent of restricting hospital visitors. We …

[HTML][HTML] α1-Antitrypsin deficiency and the risk of COVID-19: an urgent call to action

C Yang, KR Chapman, A Wong, M Liu - The Lancet Respiratory …, 2021 - thelancet.com
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Family presence for critically ill patients during a pandemic

JL Hart, SP Taylor - Chest, 2021 - Elsevier
Family engagement is a key component of high-quality critical care, with known benefits for
patients, care teams, and family members themselves. The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid …