Background As more patients survive the acute respiratory distress syndrome, an understanding
of the long-term outcomes of this condition is needed. Methods We evaluated 109 …

Background There have been few detailed, in-person interviews and examinations to obtain
follow-up data on 5-year outcomes among survivors of the acute respiratory distress …

Rationale: Disability risk groups and 1-year outcome after greater than or equal to 7 days of
mechanical ventilation (MV) in medical/surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients are …

Outcomes after acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are similar to those of other
survivors of critical illness and largely affect the nerve, muscle, and central nervous system but …

We have developed a simple and reproducible rat model of chronic colonic inflammation by
the intraluminal instillation of a solution containing a “barrier breaker” and a. hapten. …

Background Few resources are available to support caregivers of patients who have survived
critical illness; consequently, the caregivers’ own health may suffer. We studied caregiver …

Objective: Survivors of severe critical illness frequently develop substantial and persistent
physical complications, including muscle weakness, impaired physical function, and …

Objective: To determine how the quality of life (QOL) of intensive care unit (ICU) survivors
compares with the general population, changes over time, and is predicted by baseline …

Acute lung injury (ALI) and its presentation with more severe hypoxemia, the ARDS, is a
challenging entity for clinical investigation because, like many critical illness syndromes, it lacks …

Background: Surveys have documented the continued popularity of low-dose dopamine to
influence renal dysfunction even though few data support it and editorials and reviews have …