Family response to critical illness: Postintensive care syndrome–family

JE Davidson, C Jones, OJ Bienvenu - Critical care medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: The family response to critical illness includes development of adverse
psychological outcomes such as anxiety, acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress …

Communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of patients approaching the end-of-life: A systematic review of qualitative evidence

RJ Anderson, S Bloch, M Armstrong… - Palliative …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Effective communication between healthcare professionals and relatives of
patients approaching the end-of-life is vital to ensure patients have a 'good death'. To …

Risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms in family members of intensive care unit patients

E Azoulay, F Pochard, N Kentish-Barnes… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Intensive care unit (ICU) admission of a relative is a stressful event that may
cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objectives: Factors associated …

Palliative care interventions in intensive care unit patients

V Metaxa, D Anagnostou, S Vlachos… - Intensive Care …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose The integration of palliative care into intensive care units (ICUs) is advocated to
mitigate physical and psychological burdens for patients and their families, and to improve …

Challenges in end-of-life care in the ICU: Statement of the 5th International Consensus Conference in Critical Care: Brussels, Belgium, April 2003

J Carlet, LG Thijs, M Antonelli, J Cassell, P Cox… - Intensive care …, 2004 - Springer
The jurors identified numerous problems with end of life in the ICU including variability in
practice, inadequate predictive models for death, elusive knowledge of patient preferences …

Improving the quality of end-of-life care in the pediatric intensive care unit: parents' priorities and recommendations

EC Meyer, MD Ritholz, JP Burns, RD Truog - Pediatrics, 2006 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE. Despite recognition that dying children and their families have unique palliative
care needs, there has been little empirical inquiry of parent perspectives to improve the …

Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased …

JR McDonagh, TB Elliott, RA Engelberg… - Critical care …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Family members of critically ill patients report dissatisfaction with family-clinician
communication about withdrawing life support, yet limited data exist to guide clinicians in …

Missed opportunities during family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit

JR Curtis, RA Engelberg, MD Wenrich… - American Journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Background: Improved communication with family members of critically ill patients can
decrease the prolongation of dying in the intensive care unit (ICU), but few data exist to …

American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the management of dyspnea in patients with advanced lung or heart disease

DA Mahler, PA Selecky, CG Harrod, JO Benditt… - Chest, 2010 - Elsevier
Background This consensus statement was developed based on the understanding that
patients with advanced lung or heart disease are not being treated consistently and …

Emotional disorders in pairs of patients and their family members during and after ICU stay

RRL Fumis, OT Ranzani, PS Martins, G Schettino - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Patients and family members undergo different experiences of suffering from
emotional disorders during ICU stay and after ICU discharge. The purpose of this study was …