The ABCDEF Bundle in Critical Care

Overview

Journal Crit Care Clin

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2017 Mar 13

PMID 28284292

Citations 186

Authors

Annachiara Marra

E Wesley Ely

Pratik P Pandharipande

Mayur B Patel

Affiliations

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Abstract

The ABCDEF bundle represents an evidence-based guide for clinicians to approach the organizational changes needed for optimizing intensive care unit patient recovery and outcomes. This article reviews the core evidence and features behind the ABCDEF bundle. The bundle has individual components that are clearly defined, flexible to implement, and help empower multidisciplinary clinicians and families in the shared care of the critically ill. The ABCDEF bundle helps guide well-rounded patient care and optimal resource utilization resulting in more interactive intensive care unit patients with better controlled pain, who can safely participate in higher-order physical and cognitive activities at the earliest point in their critical illness.

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