Objective: Acute pancreatitis represents a spectrum of disease ranging from a mild, self-limited
course requiring only brief hospitalization to a rapidly progressive, fulminant illness …

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation program following critical illness to
aid physical and psychological recovery. Design

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of the provision of information in the form of a
rehabilitation program following critical illness in reducing psychological distress in the patients’ …

Background Emergency abdominal surgery is associated with poor patient outcomes. We
studied the effectiveness of a national quality improvement (QI) programme to implement a …

Objective To comprehensively update and survey the current provision of recovery,
rehabilitation and follow-up services for adult critical care patients across the UK. Design Cross-…

• Background Immobility is associated with complications involving many body systems. •
Objective To review the effect of rotational therapy (use of therapeutic surfaces that turn on their …

Objectives To determine the incidence and associations of sexual dysfunction in survivors
of intensive care unit treatment in their first year after hospital discharge using a self-report …

The trajectory of recovery from critical illness is often portrayed as a continuum. At one extremity
lies an unstable patient dependent on life-sustaining treatments in the intensive care unit…

Health care information systems have the potential to enable better care of patients in much
the same manner as the widespread use of the automobile and telephone did in the early …

BACKGROUND Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening complication of
critical illness. In trauma and neurosurgical patients with contraindications to anticoagulation, …