Background Surrogate decision makers for incapacitated, critically ill patients often struggle
with decisions related to goals of care. Such decisions cause psychological distress in …

Prognostication is crucial in the neurological intensive care unit (neuroICU). Patients with
severe acute brain injury (SABI) are unable to make their own decisions because of the …

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are quickly gaining ground in healthcare and clinical
decision-making. However, it is still unclear in what way AI can or should support decision …

Background: Treatment decisions commonly have to be made in intensive care units (ICUs).
These decisions are difficult for surrogate decision makers and often lead to decisional …

Background Patients with advanced critical illness often receive more intensive treatment
than they would choose for themselves, which contributes to high health care costs near the …

Many NICUs have reached an inflection point where infant deaths following limitation of life-
sustaining treatments outnumber those following unsuccessful resuscitations, and many …

Rationale: Individuals acting as surrogate decision-makers for critically ill patients frequently
struggle in this role and experience high levels of long-term psychological distress. Prior …

Resumen El Grupo de Trabajo de Bioética de la SEMICYUC ha elaborado las
recomendaciones en la toma de decisiones de limitación de tratamientos de soporte vital …

OBJECTIVES: To define healthcare trajectories after tracheostomy to inform shared decision-
making efforts for critically ill patients. DESIGN: Retrospective epidemiologic cohort study …

Abstract Purpose of Review Communication skills in the ICU are an essential part of the care
of trauma patients. The goal of this review is to summarize key aspects of our understanding …