Crit Care Resusc
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Palliative care teams in the intensive care unit: a randomised, controlled, feasibility study.
To determine whether palliative care teams can improve patient, family and staff satisfaction for patients receiving end-of-life care in the intensive care unit and reduce surrogate markers of health care costs. ⋯ This feasibility study was difficult to conduct and did not generate any robust conclusions about the utility of involving palliative care teams in end-of-life care in the ICU. Larger studies are technically possible but unlikely to be feasible.