From hospital to home: A heightened window of vulnerability post-critical illness
The challenging transition from the hospital setting suggests a heightened window of vulnerability in the initial months post-discharge and emphasizes a crucial missing middle in our healthcare system, leaving vulnerable patients at risk for ongoing and new health problems.
Authors
- Leanne M. Currie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8232-2809)
- Jian Chu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1404-1834)
- Gregory Haljan
- A. Fuchsia Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-1733)
- Anita David (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-377X)
- Sally Elizabeth Thorne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1156-9425)
- Robert C. McDermid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-7161)
- Sarah Crowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8145-7576)
- Rakesh C. Arora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5799-3619)
- Kelsey Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7297-1379)
- Bo Hou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-6560)
- Abhinav Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8830-9955)
- Omar Ahmad
- Alice Erchov
- Sybil Hoiss
- Miki Tsui
Institutions
- Island Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Provincial Health Services Authority (CA)
- Fraser Health (CA)
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0334092
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55