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ArticleCritical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine2025

AI ethics for the everyday intensivist.

Sing Chee Tan, Lucy Modra, Tamishta Hensman

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Article in Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Sing Chee TanNorthern Health, Australia.
Lucy ModraAustin Health, Australia.
Tamishta HensmanAustin Health, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In Australian intensive care units (ICUs), Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to enhance efficiency and improve patient outcomes. However, ethical concerns surrounding AI must be addressed before widespread adoption. We examine the ethical challenges of of AI using the framework of the four pillars of biomedical ethics-beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, and discuss the need for a fifth pillar of explicability. We consider the risks of perpetuating inequities, privacy breaches, and unintended harms, particularly in disadvantaged populations such as First Nations people. We advocate for a national strategy for ICUs to guide the ethical implementation of AI, that aligns with existing National AI Frameworks. Our recommendations for implementation of safe and ethical AI in ICU include education, developing guidelines, and ensuring transparency in AI decision-making. A coordinated strategy is essential to balance AI's benefits with the ethical responsibility to protect patients and healthcare providers in critical care settings.

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AIArtifical IntelligenceEthicsICU

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PMID40677679
PMCPMC12268048

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