At the 2019 ATS conference in Dallas, TX, USA, Jacqueline Kruser (Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA) discusses the knowledge gap in end-of-life (EOL) care and the implications of her study findings in terms of meeting unmet needs in EOL care in patients in the ICU.
Questions
1. What is currently known about end-of-life (EOL) care for patients in USA-based intensive care units (ICUs)? (0:04)
2. How did you go about investigating the knowledge gap in EOL care for ICU patients? (1:05)
3. What were the key findings from your study? (1:54)
4. What are the implications of the study findings in terms of meeting unmet needs in EOL care in patients in the ICU? (4:15)
5. What are the next research steps in understanding EOL care in the ICU? (5:17)
Speaker disclosure: Jacqueline Kruser has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.
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Filmed at ATS 2019, Dallas, TX, USA, May 2019.
