New $3.2 million NIH grant supports nation's first mobile post-ICU recovery program

(Indiana University) Two million of the five million Americans admitted to intensive care units annually have or develop acute respiratory failure. $3.2 million NIH grant funds development and evaluation of the novel mobile Critical Care Recovery Program by the Indiana University Center for Aging Research. Program builds upon innovative outpatient clinic that was nation's first collaborative care concept focusing on the extensive cognitive, physical and psychological recovery needs of intensive care unit survivors.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news