Non-beneficial admission to the intensive care unit: A nationwide survey of practices.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In a nationwide survey of practices, we sought to define the criteria, circumstances and consequences of non-beneficial admissions to the intensive care unit (ICU), with a view to proposing measures to avoid such situations.

Methods

ICU physicians from a French research in ethics network participated in an online survey. The first part recorded age, sex, and years' experience of the participants. In the second part, there were 8 to 12 proposals on each of 4 main domains: (1) What criteria could be used to qualify an ICU stay as non-beneficial? (2) What circumstances result in the admission of a patient whose ICU stay may later be deemed non-beneficial? (3) What are the consequences of a non-beneficial stay in the ICU? (4) What measures could be implemented to av

SUBMITTER: Quenot JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9894425 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature