U.S., June 26 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07035951) titled 'The VIP3 (Very Old Intensive Care Patients) Study: Family Involvement in Treatment Decisions for Old ICU Patients' on May 13.
Brief Summary: The demographics of the global population is changing with increasing numbers of elderly and co-morbid patients. As a result, more elderly patients will be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which will bring several ethical challenges. It is for this reason the investigators have chosen to focus on this historically neglected and important patient population.
Little is known about how family meetings are implemented in ICUs in Europe and other parts of the world. However, these meeting...