Table 5. Examples of Questions for Public Engagement
• What process or factors should drive the allocation of ICU beds when they are
scarce?
• Should clinicians be required to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation requested
by surrogates for patients with advanced metastatic cancer and multiorgan failure?
• Should patients with far advanced dementia or in a persistent vegetative state be
admitted to ICUs?
Disclaimer
is Guideline attempts to define principles of practice that should produce high-quality patient care.
It is applicable to specialists, primary care, and providers at all levels. is Guideline should not be
considered exclusive of other methods of care reasonably directed at obtaining the same results. e
ultimate judgment concerning the propriety of any course of conduct must be made by the clinician
aer consideration of each individual patient situation. Neither IGC, the medical associations, nor
the authors endorse any product or service associated with the distributor of this clinical reference tool.
Source
Bosslet GT, Pope TM, Rubenfeld GD, et al. An Official ATS/AACN/ACCP/ESICM/SCCM
Policy Statement: Responding to Requests for Potentially Inappropriate Treatments in Intensive
Care Units. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2015;191(11):1318–1330.
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Abbreviations
CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DNR, do not resuscitate; ECMO, extracorporeal
membrane oxygenation; ICU, intensive care unit
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