Complexity perspectives on clinical decision making in an intensive care unit.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: How to clarify the implications of complexity thinking for decision making in the intensive care unit (ICU)?

Method: Retrospective qualitative empirical research. Practitioners in an ICU were interviewed on how their decisions were made regarding a particular patient in a difficult, clinical situation. Transcriptions of these interviews were coded and retrieved in Maxqda, a software program.