Ethical ward round on the intensive care unit: fesability and consequences

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00036403

Enrollment

230

Registered

2025-08-05

Start date

2025-06-16

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-03-02

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Conditions

Ethical decisions on the intensive care unit

Interventions

Group 1: Employees of the intensive care unit: Examining feasibility and potential impact of ethics consultations using the principle-oriented case analysis method (Marckmann 2022) in three intensive

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: a) Doctors and nurses of the included intensive care units b) Patients in intensive care units (including postoperative, cardiology, stroke units) for whom ethical challenges are identified by the treatment team or who meet predefined inclusion criteria. • ??Indication of a need for an ethics review by the treatment team, patient, or family members. • Patients with an intensive care unit stay of at least 7 days. • Patients with failure of at least three organ systems. • Patients with a neurological prognosis of significant cognitive impairment.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Employees and patients less than 18 years old

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Change of number of ethical ward rounds	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measure of Moral Distress in Health Professionals	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMatthias Henschen

Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum

matthias.henschen@sbk-vs.de+49 7721 93 3200

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 14, 2026