A prolonged intensive care unit stay defines a worse long-term prognosis – Insights from the critically ill mortality by age (Cimba) study
Patients with critical illness often survive the intensive care unit (ICU) at a cost of prolonged length of stay (LOS) and slow recovery. This chronic critically ill disease may lead to long-term poor outcomes, especially in older or frail patients.
Source: Australian Critical Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Ana Rita Rodrigues, Andr é Oliveira, Tatiana Vieira, Rui Assis, Catarina Lume, João Gonçalves-Pereira, Susana M. Fernandes Tags: Research paper Source Type: research