A Reflection on Current Definitions of Critical Care and Critical Illness—A Narrative Review of the Literature
The analysed clusters of the definitions of critical care, critical illness and chronic critical illness help professionals to develop their terminology and reflect on their clinical approaches.
Authors
- Chris Creemers
- Julia Berkemeier
- Ismail Özlü (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9808-0858)
- Anja Gerlach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6379-6874)
- Lydia Bauernfeind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3227-7772)
- F Sterr
- Christina Papacek‐Zimmermann
- Severin Pietsch
- German Society of Nursing Science The Division for Critical Care Nursing
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Hochschule Bielefeld (DE)
- Paracelsus Medical University (AT)
- University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
- Katholisches Klinikum Lünen/Werne , St.-Marien-Hospital Lünen (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Society for Biomedical Diabetes Research (DE)
- University Hospital Cologne (DE)
- Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nursing in Critical Care
- Published
- 2026-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.70311
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00