Family-clinician shared decision making in intensive care units: Cluster randomized trial in China.

Objective: To investigate if a Family-Clinician Shared Decision-Making (FCSDM) intervention benefits patients, families and intensive care units (ICUs) clinicians.

Methods: Six ICUs in China were allocated to intervention or usual care. 548 patients with critical illness, 548 family members and 387 ICU clinicians were included into the study.

Effects of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on survival of patients in a persistent vegetative state after stroke.

Aims And Objectives: To assess the effect of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on short- and long-term survival of patients in a persistent vegetative state after stroke and determine the relevant prognostic factors.

Background: Stroke may lead to a persistent vegetative state, and the effect of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy on survival of stroke patients in a persistent vegetative state remains unclear.

Design: Prospective study.