Every Deep-Drawn Breath, 9781922310644
Paperback
ICU survival has a hidden cost; hope lies in humane care.

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

an intensive-care doctor's notes on healing

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    27 September 2021

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Summary

Every Deep-Drawn Breath: Reclaiming Life After the ICU

A world-renowned critical-care doctor offers hope for patients, their families, and the future of medicine in this timely, urgent, and compassionate work about the devastating and little-known physical and emotional effects of ICU stays.

As COVID-19 survivors are discharged from hospitals, grateful to be alive, most don’t realise that the hardest part of their battle may be about to begin. Many will return home and strug…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781922310644
ISBN-10:1922310646
Author:Wes Ely
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:27 September 2021
Weight:470g
Dimensions:232mm x 155mm x 29mm
About The Author

Wes Ely

Dr. Wes Ely is an internist, pulmonologist, and critical-care physician with over 25 years of experience in intensive-care medicine. A tenured professor at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine since 2004, Dr. Ely serves as the Grant W. Liddle endowed chair of medicine as physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He is also the founder and co-director of the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center. Dr. Ely’s research, published in over 450 peer-reviewed publications, has been cited over 65,000 times. He and his CIBS Center team have recently received grants for five COVID-19-related studies.

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