Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score: A reliable descriptor of a... : Critical Care Medicine Multiple
Organ Dysfunction Score: A reliable descriptor of a complex clinical outcome : Critical Care …

Probabilities of hospital mortality provide meaningful information in many contexts, such as
in discussions of patient prognosis by intensive care physicians, in patient stratification for …

Objective Effective communication of simple, clear information to families of intensive care
unit (ICU) patients is a vital component of quality care. The purpose of this study was to …

This work examines the process of admission to a hospital's intensive care unit (ICU). ICUs
currently lack systematic admission criteria, largely because the impact of ICU admission on …

In recent years, we have made considerable progress in the field of sepsis. With each
advance, we have needed to reexamine what we understand by the term" sepsis." This …

Long-term health-related quality of life in survivors of sep... : Critical Care Medicine Long-term
health-related quality of life in survivors of sepsis. Short Form 36: A valid and reliable measure …

Objective. To evaluate health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) and study its determinants in
adult patients discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU). Design. Cohort study. Setting …

Objective To compare the cost and consequences of a policy of continuing to care for
patients with a prolonged stay in the ICU with a proposed policy of withdrawing support …

Survival and Functional Outcome After Prolonged Intensive Ca... : Annals of Surgery Survival
and Functional Outcome After Prolonged Intensive Care Unit Stay : Annals of Surgery Annals of …

Frequency and methodologic rigor of quality-of-life assessme... : Critical Care Medicine
Frequency and methodologic rigor of quality-of-life assessments in the critical care literature …