ICU Cases · Ethics, EOL & communication
The goals-of-care family meeting
A long case on the family meeting — the shared decision-making, the honest prognosis, the goals-of-care, the limitation of the treatment, and the structured approach.
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Prompt
A long case on the family meeting — the shared decision-making, the honest prognosis, the goals-of-care, the limitation of the treatment, and the structured approach.
Presentation
A 75-year-old with the multi-organ failure (the septic shock, the ARDS, the AKI, the cirrhosis), the day 14 of the ICU, the deteriorating. The examiner asks you to conduct the family meeting.
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