After the ICU: Multidisciplinary Perspective on Supporting Critical Illness Survivors

An essential guide to navigating the journey to recovery from critical illness

Millions of patients are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) each year, one third of whom need a ventilator machine to help them breathe. These critically ill patients may develop health problems related to their illness, injury, ventilator or other treatments. Such problems can continue after the patient leaves the hospital. 
 
LANGE: After the ICU: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Supporting Critical Illness Survivors fills a gap in the existing literature on the subject. Arranged in three sections, the book addresses the ways in which care in the ICU can impact life afterwards and provides a framework for the recovery process. The early chapters feature personal stories from patients describing their life-threatening illness, journey to recovery, and the clinicians who helped them along the way. In the following chapters, clinicians, physicians, nurses, and patients' family members share their unique perspectives on the recovery process. Each chapter includes a specific section dedicated to tips for clinicians. 
 
•      Includes key concepts of care across the arc of the ICU patient encounter 
•      Evidence-based interventions are presented and summarized in a practical stepwise approach
•      Features accounts from patients, clinicians, physicians, nurses, and others involved in the care and recovery process 
 
 

Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, FCCM, is an implementation scientist, anesthesiologist, and critical care physician. She serves as the David E. Longnecker Associate Professor and vice chair of Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in Epidemiology. Dr. Lane-Fall is also the executive director of the Penn Implementation Science Center at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and director of Penn’s Implementation Science Certificate Program.
 
David S. Shapiro, MD, MHCM, is the chief medical officer and vice president of Medical Affairs at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT. Affiliated with the Frank Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, he is an acute care surgeon and is board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine.

Lewis Jay Kaplan, MD, serves as director of Surgical ICU and center section chief at Corporal Michael J, Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. He is professor of surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center.