Consensus statements on end-of-life care in ICU - A Scandinavian multidisciplinary Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

End-of-life care in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is complex, requiring a balance of ethical, cultural and medical considerations while ensuring comfort and dignity for critically ill patients and their families.

Aim

We aimed to develop a set of core domains for end-of-life care at Scandinavian ICUs along with corresponding consensus statements from patients, families and multidisciplinary experts.

Methods

In a three-round Delphi study, a multidisciplinary advisory board from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Denmark, including ICU physicians, ICU nurses, palliative care specialists and a former ICU patient and family, developed potential end-of-life care domains of interest. Specialists with special competence/interest in end-of-life care and clinicians

SUBMITTER: Darfelt IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11894781 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature