Abstract
Implicit in the title of this chapter is the belief that currently in the intensive care unit (ICU), our focus is restricted to short term outcomes. We hypothesize that there are several reasons for this. The appellation of critical care medicine underscores the serious illnesses from which most of our patients suffer. We provide advanced life support of a technological and pharmacological nature in the ICU, resuscitating and stabihzing patients. We invasively and non-invasively monitor physiology, usually intervening in an effort to normalize pathophysiology. Traditionally, critical care interventions have been highly intensive, expensive and brief, ending when patients are discharged from the ICU.
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McMullin, J., Cook, D. (2003). Changing ICU Behavior To Focus On Long Term Outcomes. 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_22
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