Abstract Background Many Intensive Care Unit (ICU) deaths include patient and family
suffering. While there is a need to include palliative care in the ICU, such care is often …

The provision of palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is increasing. While some
scholars have suggested the goals of palliative care to not be aligned with the ICU, some …

As healthcare professionals, it is our duty to ensure that patients in the intensive care unit
(ICU) receive optimal care, not only in terms of their physical health but also in terms of their …

Integrating palliative care and end of life care principles can be challenging in a surgical ICU
setting as traditional goals of care for surgical patients are focused on promoting recovery …

Background: Many terminally ill patients experience an increasing intensity of medical care,
an escalation frequently not consistent with their preferences. In 2009, formal palliative care …

The intensive care unit (ICU) is a setting where death is—unfortunately—common. In the
United States, approximately 20% of deaths occur in or shortly after a stay in the ICU, and …

Palliative care is expanding its role into the surgical intensive care units (SICU). Embedding
palliative philosophies of care into SICUs has considerable potential to improve the quality …

Objective: Although the majority of hospital deaths occur in the intensive care unit and
virtually all critically ill patients and their families have palliative needs, we know little about …

Delivery of palliative care in the ICU will be hampered until studies incorporate outcomes
that are: responsive to and reflective of variations in care, and multi-faceted (with patient …

Background Palliative care should be an integral component of comprehensive ICU care for
all critically ill patients. Objectives We aimed to study and describe the impact of an ICU …