Open AccessChallenges in conducting long-term outcomes studies in critical care
Author(s) -
M. Elizabeth Wilcox,
E. Wesley Ely
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current opinion in critical care, with evaluated medline/current opinion in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.212
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1080-8183
pISSN - 1070-5295
DOI - 10.1097/mcc.0000000000000650
Subject(s) - attrition , reimbursement , medicine , minimum data set , survivorship curve , term (time) , intensive care medicine , long term care , medline , set (abstract data type) , health care , nursing , nursing homes , environmental health , computer science , population , physics , dentistry , quantum mechanics , political science , law , economics , economic growth , programming language
Evaluating longer term mortality, morbidity, and quality of life in survivors of critical illness is a research priority. This review details the challenges of long-term follow-up studies of critically ill patients and highlights recently proposed methodological solutions.