Critical Illness
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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'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Rhabdomyolysis associated with 2009 influenza A(H1N1). 2 Nov 2009
• All glucose measurements are not equal. 30 Oct 2009
• Poor functional recovery after a critical illness: a longitudinal study. 30 Oct 2009
• Psychotic woman with painful abdominal distension. Life-threatening psychotropic drug-induced gastrointestinal hypomotility. 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
• Euthanasia: great heat, little light. 18 Oct 2009
• [Treatment of incurable ill patients at intensive care units] 17 Oct 2009
• [Delirium in the critically ill] 17 Oct 2009
• Rehabilitation in patients admitted to intensive care. 14 Oct 2009
• The PRaCTICaL study of nurse led, intensive care follow-up programmes for improving long term outcomes from critical illness: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. 14 Oct 2009
• Preparing for the Sickest Patients With 2009 Influenza A(H1N1). 10 Oct 2009
• Critically ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection in Canada. 10 Oct 2009
• Critically Ill patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Mexico. 10 Oct 2009
• A-lines and B-lines: lung ultrasound as a bedside tool for predicting pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in the critically ill. 29 Sep 2009
• Accuracy of AccuChek glucose measurement in intensive care patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Point-of-care glucose testing in critically ill patients: visual logistics and a glycemic variability hypothesis. 29 Sep 2009
• Relative adrenal insufficiency. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of enteral feeding protocols on nutritional support in critically ill children. 29 Sep 2009
• A simple algorithm for evaluating dermatologic disease in critically ill patients: a study based on retrospective review of medical intensive care unit consults. 29 Sep 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