The demographic shift, together with financial constraint, justify a re-evaluation of the
trajectory of care of very old critically ill patients (VIP), defined as older than 80 years. We …

Intensive care unit (ICU) admissions are often accompanied by many physical and
existential pressure points that can be extraordinarily wearing on patients and their families …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) often complicates sepsis and is associated with high morbidity and
mortality. In recent years, several important clinical trials have improved our understanding …

Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Critical Care Near the End of Life - Critical
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The current article is an overview of the outcomes of older survivors of critical illness,
putative interventions to mitigate the long-term morbidity of patients, and the consequences …

Informed consent (IC) is an ethical and legal requirement grounded in the principle of
autonomy. Cognitive impairment may often interfere with decision-making capacity …

Recovery from sepsis is a key global health issue, impacting 38 million sepsis survivors
worldwide per year. Sepsis survivors face a wide range of physical, cognitive, and …

Introduction: Patients from diverse sociocultural backgrounds and with differing medical
conditions may have varying levels of acceptance of advanced care planning and palliative …

Background Physicians, patients, and families alike perceive a need to improve how goals
of care (GOC) decisions occur in chronic critical illness (CCI), but little is currently known …

Introduction/background Requests for circumcision revision are common in our American
pediatric urology clinic. As parents are the surrogate decision maker for their child, there are …