The future of critical illness

At the latest COVER Think Tank, guests debated the forthcoming critical illness definitions review. Johanna Gornitzki reports Angela Faherty: Why do critical illness definitions have to change? Nick Kirwan: The first review was published in 1999 and is supposed to be reviewed every three years, so it is due. Also, over the last two to three years, critical illness definitions have been discussed quite significantly. There have been concerns about the trends in medical science and where claims for certain illnesses are heading. And that has become part of the debat...