[Limits of the meaningfulness of intensive care medicine : Position paper of the Ethics Section of DIVI].

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. [Treatment and Support for Adults at the End of Life in Intensive Care : A Recommendation by the Ethics Section of DIVI and the German Society for Palliative Medicine. Part 1: Key Aspects of End-of-Life Care and Dying in Intensive Care. Part 2: Therapeutic Measures and Support at the End of Life in Intensive Care].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2025
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2. [Use of extracorporeal circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for cardiac and circulatory failure : Short version of the S3 guideline].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
   Guideline
3. [Use of extracorporeal circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for cardiac and circulatory failure : Short version of the S3 guideline].Der Anaesthesist · 2021
   Guideline
4. [Controlled Donation after Circulatory determination of Death (cDCD) : A position paper by the DCD working group of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026
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5. [Change in goal-of-care in a cardiological intensive care unit-retrospective medical record analysis].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026
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6. [Core curriculum of intensive care and emergency medicine in internal medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025
   Review
7. Time-Limited Trials in Intensive Care Medicine: A Tool for Avoiding Inappropriate Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025
   Review
8. [Ethical boundary decisions in intensive care medicine].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024
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9. [Ethical aspects in the context of extracorporeal life support systems (ECLS): consensus paper of the DGK, DGTHG and DGAI].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2024
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10. [Ethical aspects regarding the management of patients with liver disease in the intensive care unit].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2024
    Review
11. [Clinical acute and emergency medicine curriculum-focus on internal medicine : Recommendations for advanced training in internal medicine in the emergency department].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2024
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12. [Selected legal aspects regarding limiting treatment at the end of life : Patient advance directive, proxy and indications].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2023
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13. [Ad hoc ethical decision-making in clinical acute and emergency medicine : Position paper of the Ethics Section of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) in collaboration with the Ethics Section of the German Society of Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN)].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2022
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14. Use of extracorporeal circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for cardiac and circulatory failure -A clinical practice Guideline Level 3.ESC heart failure · 2022
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15. [Toxicity after chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy : Overview and management of early and late onset side effects].Der Internist · 2021
    Review
16. [Overtreatment in intensive care medicine-recognition, designation, and avoidance : Position paper of the Ethics Section of the DIVI and the Ethics section of the DGIIN].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
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17. [Advance care planning in critical care : Potential and requirements].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
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18. [The critically ill CAR T-cell patient : Relevant toxicities, their management and challenges in critical care].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
    Review
19. [Treatment strategies for acute-on-chronic liver failure].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
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20. [Quality indicators in intensive care medicine : Background and practical use].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2021
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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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