Medical Status | estimate of survival likelihood (50) | diagnosis or syndrome (84) | Â | Â |
Treatment Plan at Issue | life support strategies administered (45) | future life support options (88) | Â | Â |
Substitute Decision Makers' Interpretation of Best Interests | patient's perspective about ICU treatment if there is a prediction of loss of function (18) | patient's perspectives about treatments in the context of anticipated quality of life post hospital stay (7) | patient's perspectives about treatment if chronic care is anticipated (2) | Â |
Intensivists' Interpretation of Best Interests | physician's prediction of functional status following ICU (20) | physician's prediction of quality of life post hospital stay (0) | physician's prediction of the need for chronic care following discharge from the ICU (3) | Â |