Guidelines regarding the ineffective maintenance of organ functions (futile therapy) in ICU patients incapable of giving informed statements of will.

1National Consultant in intensive therapy, Chair and 1st Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wrocław Medical University, Poland 2Department of Medical Law, Chair of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, Poland 3Chair and 2nd Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Wrocław Medical University, Poland 4National Consultant in anaesthesiology and intensive therapy, Chair and Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) in Toruń, Poland 5Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Regional Specialist Hospital in Łódz, Poland 6Department of Respiratory Physiopathology and Home Ventilation, Chair of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland