Abstract
Why is’ survival’ an important outcome? As intensive care unit (ICU) clinicians, it is important for us to obtain a clear understanding of the natural history of the critical illness we treat. While we would like to know how long a patient is likely to stay in the ICU or hospital, their probable future functional status and quality of life, the likelihood of their surviving their critical illness is of paramount interest. Understanding the impact of critical illnesses on survival allows us to share this information with patients and family and guide resource allocation more appropriately. The time interval over which a patient remains at increased risk of death varies among the critical illnesses we treat. For example, patients who become septic have a greater than expected mortality for a number of months beyond the onset of illness [1,2], while patients surviving overdoses or multiple trauma have shorter time intervals of increased risk. Understanding the time intervals of risk can guide the design of interventional trials. These trials would ideally include a follow-up period that is comparable to the time interval of risk.
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- Intensive Care Unit
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
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Keenan, S., Dodek, P. (2003). Survival as an Outcome for ICU Patients. In: Angus, D.C., Carlet, J. (eds) Surviving Intensive Care. Update in Intensive Care Medicine, vol 39. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55733-0_1
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