Variability in triage practices for critically ill cancer patients: A randomized controlled trial.

Purpose: Intensive care triage practices and end-user interpretation of triage guidelines have rarely been assessed. We evaluated agreement between providers on the prioritization of patients for ICU admission using different triage guidelines.

Materials And Methods: A multi-centered randomized study on providers from 18 different countries was conducted using clinical vignettes of oncological patients.

Evidence-based guidelines for the use of tracheostomy in critically ill patients.

Objectives: To provide evidence-based guidelines for tracheostomy in critically ill adult patients and identify areas needing further research.

Methods: A taskforce composed of representatives of 10 member countries of the Pan-American and Iberic Federation of Societies of Critical and Intensive Therapy Medicine and of the Latin American Critical Care Trial Investigators Network developed recommendations based on the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system.

Results: The group identified 23 relevant questions among 87 issues that were initially identified.

Delirium epidemiology in critical care (DECCA): an international study.

Introduction: Delirium is a frequent source of morbidity in intensive care units (ICUs). Most data on its epidemiology is from single-center studies. Our aim was to conduct a multicenter study to evaluate the epidemiology of delirium in the ICU.