ReviewBMC anesthesiology2018
Palliative care in intensive care units: why, where, what, who, when, how.
Review in BMC anesthesiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06245525 (Palliative Care and Legal Aspects of Treatment Limitation Decisions in ICU), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Palliative Care and Legal Aspects of Treatment Limitation Decisions in ICU: A Survey of Clinicians' Perceptions
Who cites it
74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 248 citations in OpenAlex.
- Finding Meaning in Suffering: The Role of Spirituality in Existential Psychotherapy for Emotional Recovery in Palliative Care Across Turkey, China, India, Iran, USA, and Denmark.Journal of religion and health · 2026Pooled it
- What does it mean to die a bad death? Provider perspectives in the surgical intensive care unit.Surgery · 2026Article
- Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Intensive Care Unit Consultation.Journal of palliative medicine · 2026Article
- Ethical Challenges of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society Consensus on Key Issues and Practical Recommendations.ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) · 2026Article
- Key characteristics of palliative care integration in intensive care units (ICUs): A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- [Ethically challenging determination of treatment goals in the intensive care unit: reasons, frequency and possible solutions].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2026Review
- [Change in goal-of-care in a cardiological intensive care unit-retrospective medical record analysis].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2026Article
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- Impact of Palliative Care Consultation on Clinical Interventions and Outcomes in a Medical-Surgical Community-Based Intensive Care Unit.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2026Article
- Foundational principles for young intensivists to drive better outcomes: palliative care.Critical care science · 2026Article
- Voices from the ICU: a qualitative study of healthcare providers' decision-making experiences during the provision of life-sustaining treatment in intensive care units of public and private referral hospitals in Uganda.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
- [Dying in the intensive care unit].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2025Review
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- Phenomenological Study on the Lived Experience of Patients After Major Cardiac Surgery in Intensive Care Units.Nursing in critical care · 2025Article
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- Palliative and End-of-Life Care During Critical Cardiovascular Illness: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Circulation · 2025Review
- Utilising Palliative Care Expertise in Critically Ill Patients: Opportunities to Improve Outcomes and Experiences.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Healthcare Professionals' Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Toward Providing Artificial Nutrition and Hydration for Patients With Terminal Cancer.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025Article
- Feasibility study protocol: implementing consultation-based high-quality palliative care services in intensive care units.BMJ open · 2025Article
- A qualitative study on ICU nurses' perceptions of palliative care.BMC nursing · 2025Article
14 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Palliative care is patient and family-centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering when "curative" therapies are futile. In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), critically ill patients receive life-sustaining therapies with the goal of restoring or maintaining organ function. Palliative Care in the ICU is a widely discussed topic and it is increasingly applied in clinics. It encompasses symptoms control and end-of-life management, communication with relatives and setting goals of care ensuring dignity in death and decision-making power. However, effective application of Palliative Care in ICU presupposes specific knowledge and training which anesthesiologists and critical care physicians may lack. Moreover, logistic issues such protocols for patients' selection, application models and triggers for consultation of external experts are still matter of debate.The aim of this review is to provide the anesthesiologists and intensivists an overview of the aims, current evidence and practical advices about the application of palliative care in ICU.
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