Objective: To provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to optimize the support of the
family of critically ill patients in the ICU. Methods: We used the Council of Medical Specialty …

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Objectives: Palliative care is an interprofessional specialty as well as an approach to care by
all clinicians caring for patients with serious and complex illness. Unlike hospice, palliative …

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 Prolonged dependence on mechanical ventilation after critical illness is an
emerging public health challenge; however, long-term outcomes are incompletely …

Importance Serious illness impairs function and threatens survival. Patients facing serious
illness value shared decision making, yet few decision aids address the needs of this …

Background Attending to the needs of family members of critically ill patients is an important
and necessary step in providing appropriate holistic care for both the patient and the family …

Background When designing and developing patient decision aids, guidelines recommend
involving patients and stakeholders. There are myriad ways to do this. We aimed to describe …

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 …

Background For many patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), preferences for end-
of-life care are unknown, and clinicians and substitute decision-makers are required to make …