| Literature DB >> 30223989 |
Theodore J Iwashyna1, Elizabeth M Viglianti2.
Abstract
The differential diagnosis of prolonged intensive care unit (ICU) stays includes intrinsic patient and admitting diagnostic characteristics, occurrences during the course of critical illness, and system failures. Existing data suggest that the most common cause of prolonged ICU stay is the development of new cascading problems, which is now more related to ongoing critical illness than the original reason for ICU admission. Accepting the dynamism inherent in such a clinical course has implications for contemporary clinical care. Published by Elsevier Inc.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic critical illness; ICU; Persistent critical illness; Prolonged length of stay; Prolonged mechanical ventilation
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Year: 2018 PMID: 30223989 PMCID: PMC6146412 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2018.06.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Care Clin ISSN: 0749-0704 Impact factor: 3.598