Palliative care of the chronically critically ill patient. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Evidence is accumulating that distressing physical and emotional symptoms are prevalent among patients with critical illness, including those requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, and that suffering is underestimated and undertreated by caregivers. Although patients and their families rank communication as a preeminent concern, it remains deficient in process and content, even when the illness requires weeks of critical care. Strategies are available to improve symptom management and communication about appropriate goals of care. For the CCI, whose risks of death, disability, and suffering are so high, it is essential that excellent palliative care be provided along with restorative treatment in an integrated way.

publication date

  • July 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Chronic Disease
  • Critical Illness
  • Palliative Care

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036317584

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/s0749-0704(02)00004-0

PubMed ID

  • 12140918

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 18

issue

  • 3