Palliative care in the ICU: relief of pain, dyspnea, and thirst—A report from the IPAL-ICU Advisory Board

Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Palliative Care of Pain, Dyspnea, and Depression at the End of Life: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians

(2013) Amir Qaseem et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Evidence for Improving Palliative Care at the End of Life: A Systematic Review

(2013) Karl A. Lorenz et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Prescribing nonopioids in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients

(2013) Jean-Francois Payen et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Non-invasive ventilation for end-of-life oncology patients

(2013) Elie Azoulay et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Palliative use of non-invasive ventilation in end-of-life patients with solid tumours: a randomised feasibility trial

(2013) Stefano Nava et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Dyspnea prevalence, trajectories, and measurement in critical care and at lifeʼs end

(2013) Margaret L. Campbell   Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

An Official American Thoracic Society Statement: Update on the Mechanisms, Assessment, and Management of Dyspnea

(2012) Mark B. Parshall et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Challenge of assessing symptoms in seriously ill intensive care unit patients

(2012) Kathleen A. Puntillo et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pain, Agitation, and Delirium in Adult Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

(2012) Juliana Barr et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The 90% effective dose of a sufentanil bolus for the management of painful positioning in intubated patients in the ICU

(2012) Damien Chaveron et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY

Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patients having declined tracheal intubation

(2012) Élie Azoulay et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Oxygen Is Nonbeneficial for Most Patients Who Are Near Death

(2012) Margaret L. Campbell et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Identifying and categorising patient safety hazards in cardiovascular operating rooms using an interdisciplinary approach: a multisite study

(2012) Ayse P Gurses et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

Integrating palliative care with intensive care for critically ill patients with lung cancer

(2012) Elizabeth B Gay et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

Using Laboratory Models to Test Treatment

(2011) Robert B. Banzett et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Dyspnea in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients*

(2011) Matthieu Schmidt et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Once-Daily Opioids for Chronic Dyspnea: A Dose Increment and Pharmacovigilance Study

(2011) David C. Currow et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT

Listening to the Voiceless Patient: Case Reports in Assisted Communication in the Intensive Care Unit

(2011) Jill V. Radtke et al.   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

A Review of Quality of Care Evaluation for the Palliation of Dyspnea

(2010) Richard A. Mularski et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Analgesic efficacy and haemodynamic effects of nefopam in critically ill patients

(2010) G Chanques et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA

American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on the Management of Dyspnea in Patients With Advanced Lung or Heart Disease

(2010) Donald A. Mahler et al.   CHEST

In their own words: Patients and families define high-quality palliative care in the intensive care unit*

(2010) Judith E. Nelson et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Symptoms experienced by intensive care unit patients at high risk of dying*

(2010) Kathleen A. Puntillo et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Intravenous paracetamol reduced the use of opioids, extubation time, and opioid-related adverse effects after major surgery in intensive care unit

(2010) Dilek Memis et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Effects of Frozen Gauze with Normal Saline and Ice on Thirst and Oral Condition of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Patients: Pilot Study

(2010) Eun A Cho et al.   Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing

A Respiratory Distress Observation Scale for Patients Unable To Self-Report Dyspnea

(2010) Margaret L. Campbell et al.   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE

Effect of palliative oxygen versus room air in relief of breathlessness in patients with refractory dyspnoea: a double-blind, randomised controlled trial

(2010) Amy P Abernethy et al.   LANCET

The measurement of pain in intensive care unit: Comparison of 5 self-report intensity scales

(2010) Gérald Chanques et al.   PAIN

Effectiveness of a hand-held fan for breathlessness: a randomised phase II trial

(2010) Claudia Bausewein et al.   BMC Palliative Care

Positive Effects of a Nursing Intervention on Family-Centered Care in Adult Critical Care

(2009) M. Mitchell et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Evaluation of Pain in ICU Patients

(2009) Kathleen Puntillo et al.   CHEST

Structured Approaches to Pain Management in the ICU

(2009) Chris Pasero et al.   CHEST

Pain Management Principles in the Critically Ill

(2009) Brian L. Erstad et al.   CHEST

Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American College of Critical Care Medicine

(2009) Robert D. Truog et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Discomfort associated with underhumidified high-flow oxygen therapy in critically ill patients

(2009) Gerald Chanques et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Nurses’ Evaluations of the Feasibility and the Clinical Utility of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool

(2009) Céline Gélinas   Pain Management Nursing

Palliation of dyspnoea in advanced COPD: revisiting a role for opioids

(2009) G Rocker et al.   THORAX

Unrecognized contributions of families in the intensive care unit

(2008) Jennifer L. McAdam et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Psychometric Testing of a Respiratory Distress Observation Scale

(2008) Margaret L. Campbell   JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE