An official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM policy statement: responding to requests for potentially inappropriate treatments in intensive care units
GT Bosslet, TM Pope, GD Rubenfeld, B Lo… - American Journal of …, 2015 - atsjournals.org
Background: There is controversy about how to manage requests by patients or surrogates
for treatments that clinicians believe should not be administered. Purpose: This multisociety …
for treatments that clinicians believe should not be administered. Purpose: This multisociety …
Defining futile and potentially inappropriate interventions: a policy statement from the Society of Critical Care Medicine Ethics Committee
AA Kon, EK Shepard, NO Sederstrom… - Critical care …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The Society of Critical Care Medicine and four other major critical care
organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements about …
organizations have endorsed a seven-step process to resolve disagreements about …
Decisions to limit or continue life-sustaining treatment by critical care physicians in the United States: conflicts between physicians' practices and patients' wishes.
DA Asch, J Hansen-Flaschen… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
We surveyed a national sample of 879 physicians practicing in adult intensive care units in
the United States, in order to determine their practices with regard to limiting life-sustaining …
the United States, in order to determine their practices with regard to limiting life-sustaining …
Conflict associated with decisions to limit life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units
CM Breen, AP Abernethy, KH Abbott… - Journal of general internal …, 2001 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence and nature of interpersonal conflicts that arise
when patients in the intensive care unit are considered for limitation of life-sustaining …
when patients in the intensive care unit are considered for limitation of life-sustaining …
Shared decision-making in intensive care units. Executive summary of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and American Thoracic Society policy statement
Shared decision-making is a central component of patient-centered care in the intensive
care unit (ICU)(1–4); however, there remains confusion about what shared decision-making …
care unit (ICU)(1–4); however, there remains confusion about what shared decision-making …
A history of resolving conflicts over end-of-life care in intensive care units in the United States
JM Luce - Critical care medicine, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To present a case of conflict over end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU)
and to describe how such conflicts have been resolved in the United States since the …
and to describe how such conflicts have been resolved in the United States since the …
Shared decision making in ICUs: an American college of critical care medicine and American thoracic society policy statement
Objectives: Shared decision making is endorsed by critical care organizations; however,
there remains confusion about what shared decision making is, when it should be used, and …
there remains confusion about what shared decision making is, when it should be used, and …
Developing and implementing computerized protocols for standardization of clinical decisions
AH Morris - Annals of internal medicine, 2000 - acpjournals.org
Humans have only a limited ability to incorporate information in decision making. In certain
situations, the mismatch between this limitation and the availability of extensive information …
situations, the mismatch between this limitation and the availability of extensive information …
An official American thoracic Society/American association of Critical-Care Nurses/American College of chest Physicians/Society of critical care medicine policy …
SD Halpern, D Becker, JR Curtis, R Fowler… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The high costs of health care in the United States and other developed nations
are attributable, in part, to overuse of tests, treatments, and procedures that provide little to …
are attributable, in part, to overuse of tests, treatments, and procedures that provide little to …
Interventions to reduce mortality among patients treated in intensive care units
Purpose: Using sensitivity analysis to estimate the impact, in terms of patient lives, of the
failure to use proven therapies known to reduce mortality in critically ill intensive care unit …
failure to use proven therapies known to reduce mortality in critically ill intensive care unit …