How Can We Evaluate Information Provided to Family Members in the ICU?
Admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) signals the eruption of an acute disease process that puts, or may put, the patient’s life in danger by compromising one or more vital functions. To stay alive, the patient must rely on sophisticated machines and
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SURVIVING INTENSIVE CARE Volume Editors: Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, FCCM, FCCP Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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