Background: Advance care planning is the process of discussing and recording patient
preferences concerning goals of care for patients who may lose capacity or communication …

Objectives: Data show that family members of ICU patients may have high levels of anxiety,
depression, posttraumatic stress disorders, and/or complicated grief. This was previously …

Background: Increasing numbers of survivors of critical illness are at risk for physical,
cognitive, and/or mental health impairments that may persist for months or years after …

PICS is defined as new or worsening impairment in physical, cognitive, or mental health
status arising and persisting after hospitalization for critical illness (Fig. 1)(1). Study results …

Background and objectives Working in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is increasingly complex
and is also physically, cognitively and emotionally demanding. Although the negative …

Purpose Family members of patients who die in the intensive care unit (ICU) may
experience symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Most major decisions in the intensive care unit (ICU) regarding goals of care are shared by
clinicians and someone other than the patient. Multicenter clinical trials focusing on …

Aims and objectives To evaluate the impact of supportive interventions perceived by both
the intensive care unit patients' relatives and the healthcare providers, such as deferred …

Objective To describe the lived experience of patients undergoing diagnosis and treatment
of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS). Design Qualitative study of semi-structured interviews …

Purpose To identify relevant stressors or resources of relatives of critically ill patients and
explore their relationship with psychological outcomes. Materials and methods Prospective …