Objective: To provide clinicians with evidence-based strategies to optimize the support of the
family of critically ill patients in the ICU. Methods: We used the Council of Medical Specialty …

Recent studies reported high levels of severe burnout syndrome in ICU healthcare workers
and identified potential targets for preventive strategies such as ICU working groups, …

The devastating pandemic that has stricken the worldwide population induced an unprecedented
influx of patients in ICUs, raising ethical concerns not only surrounding triage and …

Rationale: Intensive care unit (ICU) admission of a relative is a stressful event that may cause
symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Objectives: Factors associated with …

Rationale: Burnout syndrome (BOS) associated with stress has been documented in health
care professionals in many specialties. The intensive care unit (ICU) is a highly stressful …

… All respondents, N = 1,058. A cutoff score >7 was used for each of the HADS subscales for
… Azoulay E, Kentish-Barnes N. A 5-point strategy for improved connection with relatives of …

An increased proportion of deaths occur in the intensive care unit (ICU). We performed this
prospective study in 41 ICUs to determine the prevalence and determinants of complicated …

… The 15 items are divided into two subscales: intrusion of thoughts and impressions related
to the event (n = 7 items); and avoidance of activities or people associated with the event (n = …

… Author Contributions: Dr Kentish-Barnes had full access to all of the data in the study and
takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. …

Background The themes of qualitative assessments that characterize the experience of family
members offered the choice of observing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) of a loved …