Variations in reporting of nurse involvement in end-of-life practices in intensive care units worldwide (ETHICUS-2): A prospective observational study.

Background: ICU nurses are most frequently at the patient's bedside, providing care for both patients and family members. They perform an essential role and are involved in decision-making. Despite this, research suggests that nurses have a limited role in the end-of-life decision-making process and are occasionally not involved.

The impact of religion on changes in end-of-life practices in European intensive care units: a comparative analysis over 16 years.

Purpose: Religious beliefs affect end-of-life practices in intensive care units (ICUs). Changes over time in end-of-life practices were not investigated regarding religions.

Methods: Twenty-two European ICUs (3 regions: Northern, Central, and Southern Europe) participated in both Ethicus-1 (years 1999-2000) and Ethicus-2 studies (years 2015-2016).

Coercion in intensive care, an insufficiently explored issue-a scoping review of qualitative narratives of patient's experiences.

Purpose: The use of coercion, in a clinical context as imposing a measure against a patient's opposition or declared will, can occur in various forms in intensive care units (ICU). One prime example of a formal coercive measure in the ICU is the use of restraints, which are applied for patients' own safety. Through a database search, we sought to evaluate patient experiences related to coercive measures.

What does coercion in intensive care mean for patients and their relatives? A thematic qualitative study.

Background: The need for an ethical debate about the use of coercion in intensive care units (ICU) may not be as obvious as in other areas of medicine, such as psychiatry. Coercive measures are often necessary to treat critically ill patients in the ICU. It is nevertheless important to keep these measures to a minimum in order to respect the dignity of patients and the cohesion of the clinical team.

Prevalence and forms of gender discrimination and sexual harassment among medical students and physicians in French-speaking Switzerland: a survey.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and forms of gender discrimination and sexual harassment experienced by medical students and physicians in French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Design And Setting: We conducted an online survey using a questionnaire of 9 multiple-choice and 2 open questions between 24 January 2019 and 24 February 2019. Our target population was medical students and physicians working at hospitals and general practitioners from the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Changes in communication of end-of-life decisions in European ICUs from 1999 to 2016 (Ethicus-2) - a prospective observational study.

Purpose: We investigated changes in communication practice about end-of-life decisions in European ICUs over 16 years.

Materials And Methods: This prospectively planned secondary analysis of two observational studies in 22 European ICUs in 1999-2000 (Ethicus-1) and 2015-16 (Ethicus-2) included consecutive patients who died or with limitation of life-sustaining therapy. ICUs were grouped into North, Central and South European regions.

Changes in intensive care unit nurse involvement in end of life decision making between 1999 and 2016: Descriptive comparative study.

Objective: Comparison of nurse involvement in end of life decision making in European countries participating in ETHICUS I- 1999 and ETHICUS II- 2015.

Methodology: This was a prospective observational study of 22 European ICUs included in the ETHICUS-II and I. Data were collected as per the ETHICUS-I and ETHICUS-II protocols.

Variations in end-of-life practices in intensive care units worldwide (Ethicus-2): a prospective observational study.

Background: End-of-life practices vary among intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide. Differences can result in variable use of disproportionate or non-beneficial life-sustaining interventions across diverse world regions. This study investigated global disparities in end-of-life practices.

Changes in End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units From 1999 to 2016.

Importance: End-of-life decisions occur daily in intensive care units (ICUs) around the world, and these practices could change over time.

Objective: To determine the changes in end-of-life practices in European ICUs after 16 years.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Ethicus-2 was a prospective observational study of 22 European ICUs previously included in the Ethicus-1 study (1999-2000).

ICU physicians' and internists' survival predictions for patients evaluated for admission to the intensive care unit.

Background: A higher chance of survival is a key justification for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). This implies that physicians should be able to accurately estimate a patient's prognosis, whether cared for on the ward or in the ICU. We aimed to determine whether physicians' survival predictions correlate with the admission decisions and with patients' observed survival.

Admission to intensive care: A qualitative study of triage and its determinants.

Objective: To examine physicians' decision making and its determinants about admission to intensive care.

Data Sources/study Setting: ICU physicians (n = 12) and internists (n = 12) working in a Swiss tertiary care hospital.

Study Design: We conducted in-depth interviews.

Internists' and intensivists' roles in intensive care admission decisions: a qualitative study.

Background: Intensive care Unit (ICU) admission decisions involve collaboration between internists and intensivists. Clear perception of each other's roles is a prerequisite for good collaboration. The objective was to explore how internists and intensivists perceive their roles during admission decisions.

[Why a post-intensive care consultation ?].

The progress of intensive care medicine allows the survival of patients with severe critical illness. However, the quality of life of patients with a prolonged stay in intensive care unit (ICU) can be poor. The physical and psychological consequences are due more to the intensive care than the primary diagnoses.

Correction to: Should all ICU clinicians regularly be tested for burnout? No.

The original publication contained an erroneous version of Fig. 1.

Correction to: Impact of intravascular thrombosis on failure of radial arterial catheters in critically ill patients: a nested case-control study.

Owing to an error in typesetting, Table 2 was not structured correctly.

Initiative for Burnout of ICU Caregivers: Feasibility and Preliminary Results of a Psychological Support.

Background: Intensive care unit (ICU) caregivers are at high risk of burnout and the shortage of this highly specialized personal is a problem. The feasibility and impact of a psychological intervention were never assessed in this special context.

Methods: A randomized controlled single-blind study in an ICU.

Impact of intravascular thrombosis on failure of radial arterial catheters in critically ill patients: a nested case-control study.

Purpose: The patency of arterial catheters is essential for reliable invasive blood pressure monitoring. We sought to determine whether radial catheter failures were associated with intravascular thrombosis in critically ill adult patients.

Methods: This unmatched case-control study was conducted within a prospective cohort of patients admitted to an intensive care unit.

[Admission to intensive care of palliative care patients : the stakes and factors influencing the decision].

Palliative care patients have limited prospects of survival and the benefit of intensive care is uncertain. To make a decision there are considerations other than survival probabilities. Patients should receive appropriate care and be spared suffering.