Family Responses to Prognostic Information in Chronic Critical Illness

Family Responses to Prognostic Information in Chronic Critical Illness

Prognostic disclosure by skilled clinician communicators evokes a repertoire of responses from surrogates for the chronically critically ill. Recognition of these response patterns may help all clinicians better communicate... read more

Signatures of Subacute Potentially Catastrophic Illness in the ICU

Signatures of Subacute Potentially Catastrophic Illness in the ICU

The severity of the original insult often determines prognosis, and the risk of death is further increased by events that occur during the stay, such as acute respiratory failure, sepsis, and hemorrhage. These new insults... read more