Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Conversation with Wes Ely, M.D.

We discuss efforts to improve outcomes for patients in Intensive Care Units with Wes Ely, M.D., a longtime proponent of reducing ICU delirium. Once expected and accepted, ICU delirium is now seen as the best predictor of longer stays, greater costs, eventual dementias, and in-patient deaths of people cared for in ICUs.

PART ONE

PERSONALIZING CARE IN A TRANSACTIONAL WORLD

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Dr. Wes Ely is the author of the new book, Every Deep-Drawn Breath:  A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU. He's also one of the participants in the upcoming online conference Personalizing Care in a Transactional World, presented by the Providence Institute for Human Caring. 

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Matthew Gonzales, M.D., FAAHPM,

Palliative Care Physician

Associate Vice President

Chief Medical Information Officer

Providence Institute for Human Caring

Gardena, Calif.

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PART TWO

EVERY DEEP-DRAWN BREATH

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A conversation with Dr. Wes Ely about his new book.

Wes Ely, M.D., MPH

Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician

Professor of Medicine

Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Nashville, Tenn.

author: Every Deep-Drawn Breath: A Critical Care Doctor on Healing, Recovery, and Transforming Medicine in the ICU

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Proceeds from sales of the book will benefit the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center established to help ICU survivors and their families. Visit Dr. Ely's website: www.icudelirium.org for updates on the work at CIBS.

CONTRIBUTORS

• Seán Collins
• Matt Gonzales MD
• Wes Ely MD

KEYWORDS

• improving outcomes
• dementia
• personalizing care
• icu delirium
• institute for human caring
• delirium
• icu