Survey of caregiver opinions on the practicalities of family-centred care in intensive care units.

Aims And Objectives: To determine caregiver opinion on their intensive care unit's policies with regard to visiting hours, how families are informed and participate in patient care.

Background: Benefits of improving family access to the intensive care unit, information delivery and participation of families in care have been suggested.

Design: Survey of caregivers working in French-speaking intensive care units.

Bedside adherence to clinical practice guidelines for enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study.

Introduction: The primary aim was to measure the amount of nutrients required, prescribed and actually administered in critically ill patients. Secondary aims were to assess adherence to clinical practice guidelines, and investigate factors leading to non-adherence.

Methods: Observational, multicenter, prospective study, including 203 patients in a total of 19 intensive care units in France.