Critical Illness
ATS Statements on Critical Illness
- An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/SCCM Statement: The Choosing Wisely Top 5 List in Critical Care Medicine (2014).
- An Official ATS / ISHLT / SCCM / AOPO / UNOS Policy Statement: Ethical and Policy Considerations in Organ Donation after Circulatory Determination of Death (2013)
- An Official ATS Statement: Position Statement on ATS Activities for the Promotion of Respiratory and Sleep/Wake Health and the Care of the Critically Ill in the United States (2009)
- An Official Multi-Society Statement: The Role of Clinical Research Results in the Practice of Critical Care Medicine (2012)
- The Association between Health Insurance Status and Access, Care Delivery, and Outcomes for Critically Ill Patients (2010)
- An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Policy Statement: Palliative Care for Patients with Respiratory Diseases and Critical Illnesses (2008)
- ICU Telemedicine (2011)
- Evidence-based Colloid Use in the Critically Ill: American Thoracic Society Consensus Statement (2004)
- Executive Summary: Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Severe Acute Pancreatitis (2004)
- Prevention and Management for Acute Renal Failure in an ICU Patient (2010)
Clinical Cases
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Young Adult Male Patient
- An Unusual Cause of Chest Pain
- A 67-Year-Old Man with Massive Hemoptysis
- Liver dysfunction and severe lactic acidosis in a previously healthy man
Patient Fact Sheets
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Arterial Catheterization
- Bronchoscopy
- Breathlessness
- Central Venous Catheter
- Chest Tube Thoracostomy
- Emergency
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Oxygen Therapy
- Palliative Care
- Pulse Oximetry
- Research in the Intensive Care Unit
- Sudden Breathlessness
- Thoracentesis (PLEURAL TAP)
Other ATS Resources
