English | 2024 | Original PDF | 10 MB | 352 Pages
An essential guide to navigating the journey to recovery from critical illness
Millions
of patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) each year, one
third of whom need a ventilator machine to help them breathe. These
critically ill patients may develop health problems related to their
illness, injury, ventilator or other treatments. Such problems can
continue after the patient leaves the hospital.
LANGE: After the
ICU: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Supporting Critical Illness
Survivors fills a gap in the existing literature on the subject.
Arranged in three sections, the book addresses the ways in which care
in the ICU can impact life afterwards and provides a framework for the
recovery process. The early chapters feature personal stories from
patients describing their life-threatening illness, journey to
recovery, and the clinicians who helped them along the way. In the
following chapters, clinicians, physicians, nurses, and patients'
family members share their unique perspectives on the recovery process.
Each chapter includes a specific section dedicated to tips for
clinicians.
• Includes key concepts of care across the arc of the ICU patient encounter
• Evidence-based interventions are presented and summarized in a practical stepwise approach
• Features accounts from patients, clinicians, physicians, nurses, and others involved in the care and recovery process
ISBNs: B0C42DH8YL, 1260469255, 1260469263, 9781260469257, 9781260469264, 978-1260469257, 978-1260469264, 978-1-26-046926-4
