Chronic critical illness: are we saving patients or creating victims?
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Chronic critical illness: are we saving patients or creating victims?
The technological advancements that allow support for organ dysfunction have led to an increase in survival rates for the most critically ill patients. Some of these patients survive the initial acute critical condition but continue to suffer from organ dysfunction and remain in an inflammatory state for long periods of time. This group of critically ill patients has been described since the 19...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0103-507X
DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20170013