Intensive Care Aftercare, 1st Edition
ISBN :
9780750649834
Publication Date :
06-01-2002
Stock Status :
Please allow 10-14 working days for delivery
The editors have pioneered an 'intensive care aftercare' programme which provides follow-up and rehabilitation care for these patients, either whilst recovering on a general ward or at home.
Key Features
* A much needed guide to detailed follow up and focused care of patients following a stay on the intensive care unit
* Looks at the longer term residual effects of critical illness, including disability, functionality and specific disorders and problems
* Includes practical information on running an aftercare programme, including where, when, how and who
* Looks at the longer term residual effects of critical illness, including disability, functionality and specific disorders and problems
* Includes practical information on running an aftercare programme, including where, when, how and who
Author Information
Edited by Richard Griffiths, BSc, MD, FRCP, Reader in Medicine (Intensive Care), Department of Medicine, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool; Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine, Whiston Hospital, UK and Christina Jones, PhD, Research Fellow, Intensive Care Research Group, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK
