Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is commonly used to provide renal support
for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, particularly patients who are …

Objectives: There is growing recognition that high-quality care for patients and families in the
ICU requires exemplary interprofessional collaboration and communication. One important …

Background: Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly lethal form of thyroid
cancer. Since the guidelines for the management of ATC by the American Thyroid …

Background: As ongoing research explores the impact of moral distress on health care
professionals (HCPs) and organizations and seeks to develop effective interventions, valid …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

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 …

Importance End-of-life decisions occur daily in intensive care units (ICUs) around the world,
and these practices could change over time. Objective To determine the changes in end-of …

Ethical challenges are commonplace in critical care settings. Questions about the
boundaries of ethically permissible treatment, assessment of decisionmaking capacity …

Background Prognosticating the course of diseases to inform decision-making is a key
component of intensive care medicine. For several applications in medicine, new methods …

Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on
the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that …