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Rehabilitation after critical illness: a randomized, controlled trialChristina Jones
Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, and the Intensive Care Unit, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK
Crit Care Med 31:2456-61. 2003..However, in those patients recalling delusional memories from the ICU, further psychological care may be needed to reduce the incidence of anxiety and PTSD-related symptoms...- Patient and caregiver counselling after the intensive care unit: what are the needs and how should they be met?Christina Jones
Critical Care Unit, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Liverpool, UK
Curr Opin Crit Care 13:503-7. 2007..To examine current research on the psychological needs of both patients and their families following critical illness, and discuss how these may be met in a cost-effective manner... - Aftermath of intensive care: the scale of the problemChristina Jones
Intensive Care Research Group, Intensive Care Unit, Whiston Hospital, Prescot
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 68:464-6. 2007..There can be physical, psychological and cognitive sequelae of critical illness, which have a significant impact on the patient's quality of life. This article discusses some of the recent work looking at the scale of the problem... 
Surviving the intensive care: residual physical, cognitive, and emotional dysfunctionChristina Jones
Ward 4E Critical Care, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, United Kingdom
Thorac Surg Clin 22:509-16. 2012..It is important to assess the rehabilitation needs of patients and target physiotherapy and counseling resources at those patients with the greatest need...- Intensive care diaries and relatives' symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder after critical illness: a pilot studyChristina Jones
Whiston Hospital in Prescot, United Kingdom
Am J Crit Care 21:172-6. 2012..Relatives of patients recovering from critical illness are at risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder... 
Intensive care diaries reduce new onset post traumatic stress disorder following critical illness: a randomised, controlled trialChristina Jones
ICU, Whiston Hospital, Warrington Road, Prescot L35 5DR, UK
Crit Care 14:R168. 2010..This study was to evaluate whether a prospectively collected diary of a patient's intensive care unit (ICU) stay when used during convalescence following critical illness will reduce the development of new onset PTSD...- Precipitants of post-traumatic stress disorder following intensive care: a hypothesis generating study of diversity in careC Jones
University of Liverpool, Intensive Care Research Group, Division of Metabolic and Cellular Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, L69 3GA Liverpool, UK
Intensive Care Med 33:978-85. 2007..This prospective observational study was designed to explore the relationships between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), patients' memories of the intensive care unit (ICU) and sedation practices... - Post-traumatic stress disorder-related symptoms in relatives of patients following intensive careChristina Jones
Department of Medicine, Intensive Care Research Group, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside L69 3GA, UK
Intensive Care Med 30:456-60. 2004..To evaluate the effectiveness of the provision of information in the form of a rehabilitation program following critical illness in reducing psychological distress in the patients' close family... - Seven lessons from 20 years of follow-up of intensive care unit survivorsRichard D Griffiths
Division of Metabolic and Cellular Medicine, School of Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Curr Opin Crit Care 13:508-13. 2007..Through a personal narrative, the authors discuss the lessons they have learned from 20 years of intensive care follow-up and rehabilitation... - Significant cognitive dysfunction in non-delirious patients identified during and persisting following critical illnessChristina Jones
Whiston Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, L35 5DR, Prescot, UK
Intensive Care Med 32:923-6. 2006..Recent studies have shown significant cognitive problems some months after critical illness. However there has been no research examining cognitive function within the intensive care unit (ICU) in non-delirious patients... - Delirium, cognitive dysfunction and posttraumatic stress disorderRichard D Griffiths
Division of Metabolic and Cellular Medicine, School of Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 20:124-9. 2007..Simple tools are now available to recognise such problems. This review highlights neuropsychiatric and cognitive observations that have direct relevance to patient care and outcome... - Benchmarking a nurse-led ICU counselling initiativeChristina Jones
Whiston Hospital, Prescot
Nurs Times 104:32-4. 2008..Both patients and their families report problems during recovery that would benefit from counselling. The ICU counselling service was established in 2005 using two nurse counsellors... - Practical problems of doing research across different cultures: experiences from the RACHEL studyChristina Jones
ICU, Whiston Hospital, Prescot and School of Clinical Science, University of Liverpool, UK
Intensive Crit Care Nurs 26:125-7. 2010..Clear lines of communication are therefore essential. This article discusses some of the issues and problems that can occur using examples from a large multi-national nursing study by the RACHEL group... - Infection, multiple organ failure, and survival in the intensive care unit: influence of glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition on acquired infectionRichard D Griffiths
Intensive Care Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Duncan Building, UCDF, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK
Nutrition 18:546-52. 2002..We investigated the effect of a glutamine-supplemented parenteral nutrition on intensive-care-acquired infection (ICAI) and its relation to outcome... - The impact of current media events on hallucinatory content: the experience of the intensive care unit (ICU) patientPaul Skirrow
Intensive Care Research Group, Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool, Daulby Street, Liverpool L69 3GA, UK
Br J Clin Psychol 41:87-91. 2002..Older adults (> 70) were also more susceptible to this effect. CONCLUSIONS: Contextual variables such as current media events can have a significant impact upon the contents of hallucinatory experiences... - Understanding posttraumatic stress disorder-related symptoms after critical care: the early illness amnesia hypothesisCristina Granja
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Matosinhos, Portugal
Crit Care Med 36:2801-9. 2008..To assess the factual and delusional memories reported by intensive care unit survivors and its relationship with the development of Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSS)...