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Topic: Critical Care


Children

- When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive - Nemours Foundation
- When Your Baby's in the NICU - Nemours Foundation
- What Is a Pediatric Critical Care Specialist? - American Academy of Pediatrics
- What Is a Neonatologist? - American Academy of Pediatrics
- Caring for a Child Dependent on Medical Technology - Nemours Foundation
- Introduction to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ( - University of Wisconsin Medical School, Dept. of Pediatrics

Clinical Trials

- ClinicalTrials.gov: Ventilators, Mechanical - National Institutes of Health

Coping

- When a Loved One Needs Critical Care - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
- Taking Care of Yourself While a Loved One Is in th - Society of Critical Care Medicine

Dictionaries/Glossaries

- Glossary of Critical Care Terms - Society of Critical Care Medicine

Disease Management

- Mechanical Ventilation: Beyond the Intensive Care - American College of Chest Physicians

Organizations

- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -

Overviews

- Critical Care Questions - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- JAMA Patient Page: Intensive Care Units - American Medical Association
- Primer on Critical Care for Patients and Their Fam - American Thoracic Society

Related Issues

- History of Critical Care - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Respiratory Failure - Merck & Co., Inc.

Specific Conditions

- What Happens After Heart Surgery? - American Heart Association
- Common Problems of Critical Illness - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Critical Care Team - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- How Will I Be Monitored after Heart Surgery? - American Heart Association
- JAMA Patient Page: Assisted Breathing - American Medical Association
- Participating in Care: What Questions Should I Ask - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Why Do ICU Patients Look and Act That Way? - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- What Are My Choices Regarding Life Support? - Society of Critical Care Medicine
- What Is ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Statistics

- Trauma, Burn, Shock, and Injury: Facts and Figures - National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Treatment

- End of Life Choices - Feeding Tubes and Ventilator - Family Caregiver Alliance

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