Treating critical illness: the importance of first doing no harm

PLoS Med. 2005 Jun;2(6):e167. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020167. Epub 2005 Jun 28.

Abstract

Singer and Glynne present evidence to suggest that the short- term benefits of many interventions for treating critical illness may camouflage an underlying tendency to cause harm.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Amputation, Surgical / history
  • Amputation, Surgical / mortality
  • Cardiac Output, Low / mortality
  • Cardiac Output, Low / therapy
  • Critical Care* / methods
  • Critical Illness / mortality
  • Critical Illness / therapy*
  • Drug Interactions
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions*
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Mitochondria / drug effects
  • Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Sepsis / mortality
  • Sepsis / therapy
  • Transfusion Reaction