An Alternative Consent Process for Minimal Risk Research in the ICU.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Seeking consent for minimal risk research in the ICU poses challenges, especially when the research is time-sensitive. Our aim was to determine the extent to which ICU patients or surrogates support a deferred consent process for a minimal risk study without the potential for direct benefit.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Five ICUs within a tertiary care hospital.

Patients

Newly admitted ICU patients 18 years old or older.

Interventions

We administered an eight-item verbal survey to patients or surrogates approached for consent to participate in a minimal risk, ICU-based study. The parent study involved noninvasive collection of biosamples and clinical data at the time of ICU admission and again 3 days later. If patients had capacity

SUBMITTER: Terry MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5661876 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature