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Questions to improve family–staff communication in the ICU: a randomized controlled trial
Relatives of intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffer emotional distress that impairs their ability to acquire the information they need from the staff. We sought to evaluate whether providing relatives with ...
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Correction to: Terminal weaning or immediate extubation for withdrawing mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients (the ARREVE observational study)
Correction to: Intensive Care Med (2017) DOI 10.1007/s00134-017-4891-0.
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Terminal weaning or immediate extubation for withdrawing mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients (the ARREVE observational study)
The relative merits of immediate extubation versus terminal weaning for mechanical ventilation withdrawal are controversial, particularly regarding the experience of patients and relatives.
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Effect of a condolence letter on grief symptoms among relatives of patients who died in the ICU: a randomized clinical trial
Family members of patients who die in the intensive care unit (ICU) may experience symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and/or prolonged grief. We evaluated whether gr...
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Open AccessProceedings of Réanimation 2017, the French Intensive Care Society International Congress
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Open AccessProceedings of Réanimation 2017, the French Intensive Care Society International Congress
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End-of-life care in the ICU: semper ad meliora (always strive for improvement)
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Is this bereaved relative at risk of prolonged grief?
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ICU physicians’ and nurses’ perceptions of terminal extubation and terminal weaning: a self-questionnaire study
Terminal extubation (TE) and terminal weaning (TW) are the methods available for withdrawing mechanical ventilation. Perceptions of TE and TW by intensive care unit (ICU) staff may influence bedside practices ...
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CAESAR: a new tool to assess relatives’ experience of dying and death in the ICU
To develop an instrument designed specifically to assess the experience of relatives of patients who die in the intensive care unit (ICU).
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Family presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an opportunity for meaning-making in bereavement
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Open AccessInvolvement of ICU families in decisions: fine-tuning the partnership
Families of patients are not simple visitors to the ICU. They have just been separated from a loved one, often someone they live with, either abruptly or, in nearly half the cases, because a chronic condition ...
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Open AccessSymptoms of depression in ICU physicians
Work and family are the two domains from which most adults develop satisfaction in life. They also are responsible for stressful experiences. There is a perception in the community that work is increasingly th...
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Open AccessContribution of the ethics committee of the French Intensive Care Society to describing a scenario for implementing organ donation after Maastricht type III cardiocirculatory death in France
French law allows organ donation after death due to cardiocirculatory arrest. In the Maastricht classification, type III non-heart-beating donors are those who experience cardiocirculatory arrest after the wit...