Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU
Vick J, Berger B, Ubel P, Cox C, You H, E. J, Haverfield M, Hammill B, Carson S, Hough C, White D, Ashana D. Shared Decision-Making Communication and Prognostic Misunderstanding in the ICU. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2439715. PMID: 39405057, PMCID: PMC11581528, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.39715.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShared decision-makingIntensive care unitFamily meetingsRetrospective cohort studyIntensive care unit family meetingsCohort studyIntensive care unit physiciansSurvival prognosisSurrogates' perceptionsAssociated with poor patientPhysicians' misunderstandingPhysicians' perceptionsWhite physiciansDecision-making communicationPhysician estimatesMain OutcomesBlack physiciansAbsolute differenceSurgical intensive care unitAsian physiciansPoor patientsSecondary outcomesPhysiciansPrimary outcomeProlonged mechanical ventilationTalking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit
Kious B, Vick J, Ubel P, Sutton O, Blumenthal-Barby J, Cox C, Ashana D. Talking About Suffering in the Intensive Care Unit. AJOB Empirical Bioethics 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-8. PMID: 39250770, DOI: 10.1080/23294515.2024.2399534.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecondary qualitative content analysisIntensive care unitInductive approach to data analysisEnd of lifeSuffering of personsAdult intensive care unitQualitative content analysisCare unitFamily meetingsReviewed transcriptsEmotional distressPatient's familyCritically ill patientsApproach to data analysisLimited treatmentCoding guideStudy authorsResearch teamContent analysisMulticenter trialPoor prognosisCliniciansLow qualityIll patientsSuffering