Open AccessDo they hear what we speak? Assessing the effectiveness of communication to families of critically ill neurosurgical patients
Author(s) -
John Mathew,
Jayraj Azariah,
Smitha George,
Sarvpreet S. Grewal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9185.150540
Subject(s) - medicine , critically ill , intensive care medicine , critical illness
Clinician-family communication must be effective for medical decision making in any Intensive Care Unit (ICU) setting. We performed a prospective study to assess the effectiveness of communication to families of critically ill neurosurgical patients based on the two criteria of comprehension and satisfaction.