Time-limited Trials in the Emergency Department

Description

A randomized controlled trial of a structured conversation between clinicians and patients/surrogates to facilitate shared decision-making for intensive care use in seriously ill older adults being admitted to the intensive care unit from the emergency department.

Conditions

Emergencies

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

A randomized controlled trial of a structured conversation between clinicians and patients/surrogates to facilitate shared decision-making for intensive care use in seriously ill older adults being admitted to the intensive care unit from the emergency department.

Time-limited Trials in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Trial

Time-limited Trials in the Emergency Department

Condition
Emergencies
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Attending physicians, resident physicians, or mid-level providers working in the ED who are willing to be randomized to become the study interventionists.
  • * Emergency clinicians unwilling to consent and be randomized to intervention TLT training.

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Kei Ouchi, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Study Record Dates

2025-09-30