[Ethics of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation decisions].

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) must be attempted if indicated, not done if it is not indicated or if the patient does not accept or has previously rejected it and withdrawn it if it is ineffective. If CPR is considered futile, a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order (DNR) will be recorded. This should be made known to all physicians and nurses involved in patient care.

Ward mortality after ICU discharge: a multicenter validation of the Sabadell score.

Background: Tools for predicting post-ICU patients' outcomes are scarce. A single-center study showed that the Sabadell score classified patients into four groups with clear-cut differences in ward mortality.

Objective And Design: To validate the Sabadell score using a prospective multicenter approach.

Prevalence and factors of intensive care unit conflicts: the conflicus study.

Rationale: Many sources of conflict exist in intensive care units (ICUs). Few studies recorded the prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors for conflicts in ICUs.

Objectives: To record the prevalence, characteristics, and risk factors for conflicts in ICUs.

[Intermediate care units. Health care consequences in a reference hospital].

Introduction: Intermediate Care Units are forms to provide health care services to potentially critical patients that allow for improved cost-benefit ratio of the care offered by Intensive Medicine Departments.

Objective: Analyze heart care repercussion that the permanent opening of this type of unit had in a reference teaching center.

Design: Prospective.