1. Physical consequences of critical illness
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Margaret S. Herridge and Subarna Thirugnanam
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Cachexia ,Exercise Tolerance ,Muscle Weakness ,Critical Care ,business.industry ,Critical Illness ,Organ dysfunction ,MEDLINE ,Organ function ,General Medicine ,Intensive care unit ,law.invention ,Quality of life (healthcare) ,law ,Critical illness ,Quality of Life ,medicine ,Humans ,Survivors ,medicine.symptom ,Intensive care medicine ,business - Abstract
Patients who survive critical illness are at risk of permanent physical and functional deficits which decrease the health-related quality of life. The reasons for physical morbidity include the nature of and treatment for the inciting critical illness, new decrements in organ function and worsening of pre-existing organ dysfunction, and prolonged physical immobility and long intensive care unit stay.
- Published
- 2007
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