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- Title
Direct transfer of long-stay ICU patients to a nursing-home rehabilitation unit: focus on functional dependency.
- Authors
Vossenberg-Postma, Sonja; Sikkema, Ytje; Drogt-Bilaseschi, Ioana; Bruins-Lange, Nynke; Jager, Corine; Maaren, Theo; Pol, Veronica; Boerma, E.; Vossenberg-Postma, Sonja R; Sikkema, Ytje T; Bruins-Lange, Nynke A; de Jager, Corine M; van Maaren, Theo; van der Pol, Veronica; Boerma, E Christiaan
- Abstract
The article discusses research which investigated functional dependency in long-stay intensive care unit (ICU) patients that have been transferred to a nursing-home rehabilitation unit (NRU). Topics explored include the quality of life-related challenges faced by post-ICU patients, the ICU length of stay (LOS) of patients involved in the study, and a comparison between the illness severity rate in patients that have been directly and indirectly transferred to an NRU.
- Publication
Intensive Care Medicine, 2015, Vol 41, Issue 11, p2031
- ISSN
0342-4642
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1007/s00134-015-4029-1