{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["36(1)"],"submitter":["Gopalan PD"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Deciding to admit a patient into the intensive care unit (ICU) is a high-stakes, high-stress, time-sensitive process. Elucidating the complexities of these decisions can contribute to a more efficient, effective process.<h4>Objectives</h4>To explore physicians' strategic thought processes in ICU triage decisions and identify important factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Practitioners (N=29) were asked to decide on ICU referrals of two hypothetic cases using a modified '20 Questions' approach. Demographic data, decisions when full information was available, feedback on questions, rating of factors previously identified as important and influence of faith and personality traits were explored.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 735 questions asked, 95.92% were patient related. There were no signifi"],"journal":["The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10241076"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Decision-making in the ICU: An analysis of the ICU admission decision-making process using a '20 Questions' approach."],"pmcid":["PMC10241076"],"pubmed_authors":["Gopalan PD","Pershad S","Pillay BJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Decision-making in the ICU: An analysis of the ICU admission decision-making process using a '20 Questions' approach.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Deciding to admit a patient into the intensive care unit (ICU) is a high-stakes, high-stress, time-sensitive process. Elucidating the complexities of these decisions can contribute to a more efficient, effective process.<h4>Objectives</h4>To explore physicians' strategic thought processes in ICU triage decisions and identify important factors.<h4>Methods</h4>Practitioners (N=29) were asked to decide on ICU referrals of two hypothetic cases using a modified '20 Questions' approach. Demographic data, decisions when full information was available, feedback on questions, rating of factors previously identified as important and influence of faith and personality traits were explored.<h4>Results</h4>Of the 735 questions asked, 95.92% were patient related. There were no signifi","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020","modification":"2025-04-04T07:59:17.437Z","creation":"2025-04-04T07:59:17.437Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10241076","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37283820"],"doi":["10.7196/SAJCC.2020.v36i1.398"]}}