Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2021
ReviewCognitive biases, environmental, patient and personal factors associated with critical care decision making: A scoping review.
Cognitive biases and factors affecting decision making in critical care can potentially lead to life-threatening errors. We aimed to examine the existing evidence on the influence of cognitive biases and factors on decision making in critical care. ⋯ The current evidence on cognitive biases and factors is heterogenous, but shows they influence clinical decision. Future studies should investigate the prevalence of cognitive biases and factors in clinical practice and their impact on clinical outcomes.
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Journal of critical care · Aug 2021
Observational StudyShifting trends in modes of death in the Intensive Care Unit.
To describe the way patients die in a Spanish ICU, and how the modes of death have changed in the last 10 years. ⋯ End-of-life practices and modes of death in our ICU have steadily changed. The proportion of patients who died in ICU following limitation of life-prolonging therapies substantially increased, whereas death after maximal support occurred significantly less frequently.