Palliative care phenotypes among critically ill patients and family members: intensive care unit prospective cohort study.
Christopher E CoxMaren K OlsenAlice ParishJessie GuDeepshikha Charan AshanaElias H PrattKrista HainesJessica MaDavid J CasarettMashael S Al-HegelanColleen NagleeJason N KatzYasmin Ali O'KeefeRobert W HarrisonIsaretta L RileySantos BermejoKatelyn DempseyShayna WoleryJennie JaggersKimberly S JohnsonSharron L DochertyPublished in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2022)
Four novel phenotypes of palliative care need were identified among ICU family members with distinct differences in the severity of needs and perceived quality of the clinician-family interaction. Knowledge of need class may help to inform the development of more person-centred models of ICU-based palliative care.