Critical Illness - Mortality
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine the time course of functional health status, and to inventory impairments in body functions, limitations in activities, and restrictions in participation after critical illness. DESIGN: Prospective observational cohort study. ... Read more...

Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients.

20 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: The optimal intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy remains unclear. We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial to compare the effect of this therapy, delivered at two different levels of intensity, on 90-day mortality among ... Read more...

[Delirium in the critically ill]

17 Oct 2009 Interest in and the quantity of publications on delirium in critically ill patients have grown increasingly over the last decade. Critically ill patients have traditionally been sedated to facilitate mechanical ventilation. This practice impeded the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Critical Illness - Mortality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study. 30 Oct 2009
• Renal support in acute kidney injury--how much is enough? 20 Oct 2009
• Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients. 20 Oct 2009
• [Delirium in the critically ill] 17 Oct 2009
• AKI: fluid overload and mortality. 30 Aug 2009
• Survival and outcome of neurosurgical patients requiring ventilatory support after intensive care unit stay. 30 Aug 2009
• Therapy: Intensive glucose control in the ICU: is sugar nice? 30 Aug 2009
• Methods and preliminary results for a data linkage project to determine long-term survival after intensive care unit admission. 30 Aug 2009
• Composite outcomes of chronically critically ill patients 4 months after hospital discharge. 30 Aug 2009
• Age, duration of mechanical ventilation, and outcomes of patients who are critically ill. 30 Aug 2009
• The 90-day mortality and the subsequent renal recovery in critically ill surgical patients requiring acute renal replacement therapy. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of preextracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventilation days and age on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival in critically ill children. 30 Jul 2009
• Cytomegalovirus reactivation and mortality during critical illness: a $64,000 question. 30 Jul 2009
• Prevalence and mortality associated with cytomegalovirus infection in nonimmunosuppressed patients in the intensive care unit. 30 Jul 2009
• A comparison between the APACHE II and Charlson Index Score for predicting hospital mortality in critically ill patients. 28 Jul 2009
• Insulin resistance despite tight glucose control is associated with mortality in critically ill surgical patients. 15 Jul 2009
• Glucose control in critically ill patients. 30 Jun 2009
• Glucose control in critically ill patients. 30 Jun 2009
• Glucose control in critically ill patients. 30 Jun 2009
• Glucose control in critically ill patients. 30 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Critical Illness'

Definition: A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.

Descriptor UI: D016638

Alternative terms: Critical Illness; Critical Illnesses; Illness, Critical; Illnesses, Critical; Critically Ill;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; epidemiology; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; therapy;

Tree Number: C23.550.291.625;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: IM GEN only; do not index with specific dis of critically ill patient unless particularly discussed & then NIM with no qualif; /ther: consider also CRITICAL CARE