Paving the way to better survivals
The inaugural Greater Recovery After Critical IllnEss (GRACE) Roundtable was held at the Churchill College, University of Cambridge in June 2024.
A direct outcome of CCRG’s inaugural CRIKEY Summit, GRACE asked some of the world’s leading critical care researchers how we can ensure better survivals and better outcomes following critical illness.
Each year, millions of critically ill patients receive intensive care around the globe. While technological, pharmacological and clinical advances have increased survival rates, recovery is often complicated and partial. Despite the dedicated efforts of clinicians and researchers over the past few decades, many survivors continue to experience a range of impairments and reduced health-related quality of life; associated with immense personal, social and economic burdens. Improving post-ICU outcomes remains an ethical and economic imperative.
The Roundtable explored possible solutions to the conceptual, methodological and translational challenges that need to be overcome to promote quality of survival after critical illness and injury.
GRACE Organising Committee member, A/Prof Dylan Flaws said “our aim was to critically review what has been done in the field to date, and chart a course for research and practice that will improve lives. There were some very interesting and robust conversations had at GRACE and I am looking forward to seeing these continue and what new collaborations may emerge.”
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this important, inaugural meeting - Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, AstraZeneca and The University of Queensland.
GRACE 2024 Organising Committee - A/Prof Dylan Flaws, Prof Jo McPeake, Dr Johnny Stewart, Sue Patterson and Prof John Fraser. Not pictured: Prof Danny McAuley.
