The myth of critical care
When asked during a recent ICU rotation if I was considering critical care as a subspecialty, I offended more than one person with my response: “No, I really don’t enjoy torturing old people.” Granted, that unfiltered comment came at the end of a long and sleepless 28-hour shift, but the sentiment holds true.
As doctors, we have a number of tools to assess quality of life in research. We use fancy …
