Background Palliative care is a person-centered approach aiming to relieve patient's health-
related suffering and it is often needed when caring for critically ill patients to manage …

The transition from active, invasive interventions to comfort care for critical care patients is
often fraught with misunderstandings, conflict and moral distress. The most common issues …

Initially, palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) was designed to improve hospice
care. Today it has emerged as a core component of ICU care. ICU palliative care should …

Decisions regarding the extent of treatment and the application of life-sustaining therapies in
intensive care medicine maybe unambiguous at times: the patient will either clearly benefit …

Background Hospice care for end-of-life patients in the ICU should focus on quality of life.
Currently, there are no specific quality-of-life measures for ICU end-of-life patients in China …

摘要目的: 调查重症监护病房(ICU) 病人家属对病人生命末期病情真相告知态度,
积极治疗态度及决策行为意向现状及影响因素. 方法: 采用方便抽样法抽取18 …

Introduction: The need for high quality palliative care services for critically ill patients and
their families remains of high importance. Purpose: This review aims to present the benefits …

A revisão explora a complexa questão ética envolvendo o uso de ventilação mecânica em
cuidados paliativos em UTIs. Em um cenário médico onde decisões críticas são frequentes …

The transition from active, invasive interventions to comfort care for critical care patients is
often fraught with misunderstandings, conflict and moral distress. The most common issues …

[spa] Introducción: La limitación del esfuerzo terapéutico se describe como “la decisión
premeditada de retirar o no implementar un tratamiento a un paciente debido a su futilidad o …