New app aims to guide families through Heart-Wrenching ICU choices

NCT ID NCT05671874

Summary

This study is testing a web-based tool designed to help family members make difficult decisions about continuing or withdrawing life support for loved ones with severe brain injuries. The tool provides information and support to prepare families for conversations with doctors. Researchers will enroll 50 family members to see if the tool is practical to use and helpful for improving communication and decision-making quality.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21224, United States

  • Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States

  • UMass Memorial Hospital

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655, United States

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