Treatment Escalation

Question 1

What are the factors that influence ICU ‘success’?

Answer 1

Pre-existing health status
	* physiological reserve to withstand critical illness
	* good pre-existing functional status
	* lower comorbidity burden
	* good cognitive function
Acute illness factors
	* fewer organs failing
	* natural history of condition
	* rapidly reversible conditions
		* sepsis with rapid source control (urosepsis, biliary sepsis, but not chest sepsis)
		* NIV for COPD exacebations
		* status epilepticus
		* GI bleed
		* peri-procedural support