Palliative and End-of-Life Care Section
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Impossible choices: Goal-concordant care in the ICU
Clinicians should approach discussions about goal-concordant care with curiosity, humility, and responsibility, for the benefit of both the patient and their family.
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Beyond ‘doing everything’: Moral distress, burnout, and the emotional toll of ICU care
ICU burnout and morally distressing end-of-life care are intertwined, making improved end-of-life care both a patient imperative and a clinician necessity.
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Considerations for single parents with terminal illness
Clinicians often focus more on what happens in the hospital than on issues beyond the hospital. This article covers the complex end-of-life issues that clinicians should consider for seriously ill patients with minor children.
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Breathing room: Making space for palliative care in lung transplant programs
Transplant centers should consider additional research into palliative care integration to ultimately benefit the growing population of lung transplant recipients.
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On thoughtful selection of medications in the acute critical care setting
As critical care medicine continues to advance understanding of ICU survivorship, thoughtful selection of medications in the acute setting can potentially mitigate long-term cognitive, physical, and affective effects. As of yet, no significant studies have linked opioid use in critical care to new diagnoses of opioid use disorder, but the opioid epidemic has taught us…
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Compassionate extubation and beyond: Is there a need for more guidance in managing end-of-life in the intensive care unit?
For providers caring for critically ill patients, navigating death and dying in the intensive care unit (ICU) with proficiency and empathy is essential. Approximately 20% of deaths in the United States occur during or shortly after a stay in the ICU and approximately 40% of ICU deaths involve withdrawal of artificial life support (WOALS) or…
