Objective: To revise the “Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Sustained Use of Sedatives and
Analgesics in the Critically Ill Adult” published in Critical Care Medicine in 2002. Methods: …

Objective: To provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to optimize the support of the
family of critically ill patients in the ICU. Methods: We used the Council of Medical Specialty …

Objective: To develop clinical practice guidelines for the support of the patient and family in
the adult, pediatric, or neonatal patient-centered ICU. Participants: A multidisciplinary task …

Background: The family response to critical illness includes development of adverse
psychological outcomes such as anxiety, acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress, depression, …

Background: Increasing numbers of survivors of critical illness are at risk for physical,
cognitive, and/or mental health impairments that may persist for months or years after hospital …

Objectives: Shared decision making is endorsed by critical care organizations; however,
there remains confusion about what shared decision making is, when it should be used, and …

Background: Use of dexmedetomidine or propofol rather than a benzodiazepine sedation
strategy may improve ICU outcomes. We reviewed randomized trials comparing a …

If only. If only she’d come then, or we had thought to ask. Her heart, an empty vessel of
mourning would ache, but the tortured anguish of the unanswered question never needed to be. …

… With the help of a professional librarian and Refworks database software, they developed
a Web-based electronic database of over 19,000 references extracted from eight clinical …

PICS is defined as new or worsening impairment in physical, cognitive, or mental health
status arising and persisting after hospitalization for critical illness (Fig. 1)(1). Study results on …