About the book:

From the contents: The Variable Use of Survival as an Outcome for ICU Patients.- Morbidity and Functional Limitations in Survivors of ARDS.- Health-Related Quality of Life.- The Neuropsychological Consequences of Intensive Care.- The Burden of Caregiving on Families of ICU Survivors.- Long-Term Economic Consequences of Surviving Intensive Care.- Understanding Outcomes of Critically Ill Older Patients.- Measuring the Health Status of Pediatric ICU Survivors.- Pre-ICU Factors.- Intra-ICU Patient Factors.- Intra-ICU Environmental Factors and Quality of Sleep in Critically Ill Patients.- The Impact of Routine ICU Supportive Care on Long-term Outcomes from Critical Illness.- Disease-Free Survival and Quality of Life as End-points in Clinical Trials.- Surrogate Measures of Patient-Centered Outcomes in Critical Care.- Measuring Health Status after Critical Illness: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?- How Should We Assess Neuropsychological Sequelae of Critical Illness?