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Trial reportAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2025

Randomized Clinical Trial of the Four Supports Intervention for Surrogate Decision-Makers in Intensive Care Units.

Rachel A Butler, Jennifer B Seaman, Kristyn Felman, Wendy Stonehouse, Rachel San Pedro, Jennifer Q Morse, Chung-Chou H Chang, Taylor Lincoln, Charles F Reynolds, Seth Landefeld and 5 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialMulticenter Study
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Trial report in American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. The Struggle Continues: Improving Outcomes for Surrogate Decision-Makers after the ICU.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Rachel A ButlerDepartment of Critical Care Medicine.ORCID 0000-0001-7024-3575
Jennifer B SeamanDepartment of Acute and Tertiary Care, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Kristyn FelmanDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Wendy StonehouseExperiential Learning Program, Nightingale College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Rachel San PedroDepartment of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Q MorseSchool of the Health Sciences, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Chung-Chou H ChangDepartment of Critical Care Medicine.
Taylor LincolnDepartment of Critical Care Medicine.
Charles F ReynoldsDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, and.
Seth LandefeldDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
Mary Beth HappCenter for Healthy Aging, Self-Management and Complex Care, The Ohio State University College of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio.
Mi-Kyung SongCenter for Nursing Excellence in Palliative Care, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; and.
Derek C AngusDepartment of Critical Care Medicine.
Robert M ArnoldSection of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, and.
Douglas B WhiteDepartment of Critical Care Medicine.ORCID 0000-0003-2269-4173

Funding

A Trial to Improve Surrogate Decision-Making for Critically Ill Older AdultsR01AG045176 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WHITE, DOUGLAS B · 2013 to 2017
$2.9M
Mentored Patient Oriented Research in Improving Surrogate Decision Making for Patients with Advanced Respiratory FailureK24HL148314 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Douglas B White · 2019 to 2026
$944k
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL148314NHLBI NIH HHS K24HL148314NIA NIH HHS R01 AG045176NIA NIH HHS R01AG045176
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Critical CareCritical IllnessDecision MakingFamilyIntensive Care UnitsAdultAgedAnxietyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPennsylvaniaSocial Supportclinical trialcommunicationcritical caredecision-makingfamily support

Identifiers

PMID39586017
PMCPMC11936126

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