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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;40(1):73–78. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822d7901

Table 1.

Topics Addressed in Informational Brochure on Chronic Critical Illness

What is chronic critical illness?
What treatment is available for chronic critical illness?
Do chronically critically ill patients regain the ability to breathe on their own,
without a breathing machine?
What does it feel like to be chronically critically ill?
Can patients with chronic critical illness live on their own?
What is the experience like for families?
Is chronic critical illness a serious condition?
What is a tracheotomy?
What are the options?