Relatives' knowledge of decision making in intensive care

Relatives' knowledge of decision making in intensive care.

BACKGROUND/AIM The law on consent has changed in Scotland with the introduction of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. This Act introduces the concept of proxy consent in Scotland. Many patients in intensive care are unable to participate in the decision making process because of their illness and its treatment. It is normal practice to provide relatives with information on the pati...

LAW, ETHICS AND MEDICINE Relatives’ knowledge of decision making in intensive care

Background/Aim: The law on consent has changed in Scotland with the introduction of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000. This Act introduces the concept of proxy consent in Scotland. Many patients in intensive care are unable to participate in the decision making process because of their illness and its treatment. It is normal practice to provide relatives with information on the pat...

Decision-making in intensive care medicine - a review

Immediate Decision-making and Information Needs in Intensive Care Coordination

The aim of this study was to develop a theoretical model for information integration to support the decision making of intensive care charge nurses, and physicians in charge – that is, ICU shift leaders. The study focused on the ad hoc decision-making and immediate information needs of shift leaders during the management of an intensive care unit’s (ICU) daily activities. The term ‘ad hoc decis...

Routine chest radiography in intensive care: impact on decision-making.

OBJECTIVE This study determined the prevalence of clinical abnormalities in chest radiographs and its relationship with decision-making in intensive care. METHODS This prospective cohort study involved nonconsecutive patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit at the Hospital Universitário Professor Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago of the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Imaging...