Abstract
Intensive care unit (ICU) stays often result due to an acute, potentially life-threatening illness or aggravation of a chronic life-threatening illness. In many cases, ICU patients die after life-sustaining treatments are withdrawn or withheld. When patients are asked, they prefer to die at home, although logistic and medical problems often prevent this. Therefore, attention focuses on care at the end of life in the ICU. Despite many efforts to improve the quality of care, evidence suggests that the quality in hospitals varies significantly and that palliative care in the ICU has not significantly improved over time. In this review, aspects of palliative care that are specific to ICU patients are discussed.
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