Family members' experiences in adult intensive care units: a systematic review.

Masoomeh ImanipourFrank KiwanukaSanaz Akhavan RadRonald MasabaYisak Hagos Alemayehu

Published in: Scandinavian journal of caring sciences (2019)

As healthcare technology advances, the ICU environment consequently needs to evolve. As such, healthcare providers will need to adjust their practice, support and consider the patients' family as the other part of the patient and members of the care team in order to meet their expectations. Further research highlighting family members' experience of the ICU journey in Africa is needed.

Keyphrases

healthcare
intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
palliative care
quality improvement
ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
patient reported outcomes
patient reported
health insurance