ReviewAnnals of translational medicine2017
What are the ethical questions raised by the integration of intensive care into advance care planning?
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- Feasibility of a Patient Decision Aid for Advance Care Planning Among Adults With a History of Intensive Care Admission: A Pilot Randomized Trial.Journal of patient experience · 2026Article
- The role of timely assessment of appropriate care in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in intensive care medicine.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
- Patient Information and Consent for Care in the Intensive Care Unit.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Non-beneficial admission to the intensive care unit: A nationwide survey of practices.PloS one · 2023Article
- ICU stays that are judged to be non-beneficial: A qualitative study of the perception of nursing staff.PloS one · 2023Article
- Team-family conflicts over end-of-life decisions in ICU: A survey of French physicians' beliefs.PloS one · 2023Article
- Healthcare providers' perception of advance care planning for patients with critical illnesses in acute-care hospitals: a cross-sectional study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
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- Non-readmission decisions in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study of physicians' experience in a multicentre French study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Views of advanced cancer patients, families, and oncologists on initiating and engaging in advance care planning: a qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- What are the characteristics that lead physicians to perceive an ICU stay as non-beneficial for the patient?PloS one · 2019Article
- End-of-life situations in cardiology: a qualitative study of physicians' and nurses' experience in a large university hospital.BMC palliative care · 2018Article
- Out of the ICU shifting as a significant workload.Intensive care medicine · 2018Observational
- Non-readmission decisions in the intensive care unit under French rules: A nationwide survey of practices.PloS one · 2018Article
- What are the ethical dimensions in the profession of intensive care specialist?Annals of translational medicine · 2017Review
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Abstract
A major goal of intensive care units (ICUs) is to offer optimal management, but for many patients admitted to the ICU, they are unlikely to yield any lasting benefit. In this context, the ICU physician remains a key intermediary, particularly when a decision regarding possible limitation or withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy becomes necessary. The possibility of admission to the ICU, and the type of care the patient would like to receive there, should be integrated into the healthcare project in agreement with the patient, regardless of the stage of disease that the patient suffers from. These dispositions should be recorded in the patient's file, and should respect the progressive nature of both the disease itself, and the discussions necessary in such complex situations. The ICU physician can serve as a valuable consultant for the treating physician, in particular to guide patient choices when formalizing their healthcare preferences in the form of advance care planning (ACP) or advance directives (AD). Ideally, the best time to address this issue is before the patient's clinical situation deteriorates towards an acute emergency, and providing complete and transparent information to inform the patient's choices.
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