Two-year outcomes, health care use, and costs of survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Rationale: Little is known about the long-term outcomes and costs of survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Objectives: To describe functional and quality of life outcomes, health care use, and costs of survivors of ARDS 2 yr after intensive care unit (ICU) discharge.

Methods: We recruited a cohort of ARDS survivors from four academic tertiary care ICUs in Toronto, Canada, and prospectively monitored them from ICU admission to 2 yr after ICU discharge.

One-year outcomes in survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Background: As more patients survive the acute respiratory distress syndrome, an understanding of the long-term outcomes of this condition is needed.

Methods: We evaluated 109 survivors of the acute respiratory distress syndrome 3, 6, and 12 months after discharge from the intensive care unit. At each visit, patients were interviewed and underwent a physical examination, pulmonary-function testing, a six-minute-walk test, and a quality-of-life evaluation.

Relationship between premortem and postmortem diagnosis in critically ill bone marrow transplantation patients.

Objectives: To determine the relationship between the premortem and postmortem diagnosis in critically ill bone marrow transplantation patients Also, to evaluate the appropriateness of the reliance on clinical diagnosis for withdrawal of active treatment decision-making.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Two university-affiliated tertiary care medical surgical intensive care units.