Nos publications

2022

Kentish-Barnes N, Jensen HI, Curtis JR. The legacy of the interprofessional family meeting. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Jul;48(7):933-935. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06718-w. Epub 2022 May 5.

Latour JM, Kentish-Barnes N, Jacques T, Wysocki M, Azoulay E, Metaxa V. Improving the intensive care experience from the perspectives of different stakeholders. J Crit Care. 2022 Jul 18;26(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s13054-022-04094-x.

Azoulay E, Resche-Rigon M, Megarbane B, et al. Association of COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome With Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Family Members After ICU Discharge. JAMA. 2022;327(11):1042–1050. doi:10.1001/jama.2022.2017

Kentish-Barnes N, Chevret S, Valade S et al. A three-step support strategy for relatives of patients dying in the intensive care unit: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet. 2022 Feb 12;399(10325):656-664. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02176-0. Epub 2022 Jan 19. PMID: 35065008.

2021

Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E. The voice of frontline healthcare workers facing the COVID-19 surge. J Crit Care. 2021 Aug;64:36. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.03.007. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33784576; PMCID: PMC7985680.

Kentish-Barnes N, Degos P, Viau C et al. « It was a nightmare until I saw my wife »: the importance of family presence for patients with COVID-19 hospitalized in the ICU. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Jul;47(7):792-794. doi: 10.1007/s00134-021-06411-4. Epub 2021 May 11. PMID: 33977347; PMCID: PMC8112738.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Reignier J et al.; FAMIREA Study Group. Symptoms of Mental Health Disorders in Critical Care Physicians Facing the Second COVID-19 Wave: A Cross-Sectional Study. Chest. 2021 May 21:S0012-3692(21)00950-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.05.023. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34023323; PMCID: PMC8137352.

Kentish-Barnes N, Cohen-Solal Z, Morin L et al. Lived Experiences of Family Members of Patients With Severe COVID-19 Who Died in Intensive Care Units in France. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2113355. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.13355. PMID: 34152418; PMCID: PMC8218069.

Blythe JA, Kentish-Barnes N, Debue AS et al. An Interprofessional Process for the Limitation of Life-Sustaining Treatments in France. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Jun 19:S0885-3924(21)00399-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.06.016. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34157398.

Azoulay É, Curtis JR, Kentish-Barnes N. Ten reasons for focusing on the care we provide for family members of critically ill patients with COVID-19. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Feb;47(2):230-233. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06319-5. Epub 2020 Nov 24. PMID: 33231733; PMCID: PMC7685190.

Le Dorze M, Kentish-Barnes N, Beloucif S et al. A Letter to Denise. Intensive Care Med. 2021 Feb 2:1–2. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06343-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33528596; PMCID: PMC7851321.

Kentish-Barnes N, Morin L, Cohen-Solal Z et al. The Lived Experience of ICU Clinicians During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak: A Qualitative Study. Crit Care Med. 2021 Feb 12. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004939. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33591018.

2020

Azoulay E, Cariou A, Bruneel F et al. Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Peritraumatic Dissociation in Critical Care Clinicians Managing Patients with COVID-19. A Cross-Sectional Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov 15;202(10):1388-1398. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202006-2568OC. PMID: 32866409; PMCID: PMC7667906.

Boissier F, Seegers V, Seguin A et al. Assessing physicians’ and nurses’ experience of dying and death in the ICU: development of the CAESAR-P and the CAESAR-N instruments. Crit Care. 2020 Aug 25;24(1):521. doi: 10.1186/s13054-020-03191-z. PMID: 32843097; PMCID: PMC7448438.

Robert R, Kentish-Barnes N, Boyer A et al. Ethical dilemmas due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ann Intensive Care. 2020 Jun 17;10(1):84. doi: 10.1186/s13613-020-00702-7. PMID: 32556826; PMCID: PMC7298921.

Robert R, Le Gouge A, Kentish-Barnes N et al ; group SEDARREVE. Sedation practice and discomfort during withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients at end-of-life: a post-hoc analysis of a multicenter study. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jun;46(6):1194-1203. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-05930-w. Epub 2020 Jan 29. PMID: 31996960.

Azoulay E, Kentish-Barnes N. A 5-point strategy for improved connection with relatives of critically ill patients with COVID-19. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Jun;8(6):e52. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30223-X. Epub 2020 May 4. PMID: 32380024; PMCID: PMC7198186.

2019

Laurent A, Reignier J, Le Gouge A et al. « You helped me keep my head above water »-experience of bereavement research after loss of a loved one in the ICU: insights from the ARREVE study. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Sep;45(9):1252-1261. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05722-x. Epub 2019 Aug 12. PMID: 31407041.

Kentish-Barnes N, Cohen-Solal Z, Souppart V et al. Being Convinced and Taking Responsibility: A Qualitative Study of Family Members’ Experience of Organ Donation Decision and Bereavement After Brain Death. Crit Care Med. 2019 Apr;47(4):526-534. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003616. PMID: 30608283.

Kentish-Barnes N, Siminoff LA, Walker W et al. A narrative review of family members’ experience of organ donation request after brain death in the critical care setting. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Mar;45(3):331-342. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05575-4. Epub 2019 Mar 6. PMID: 30840119.

2018

Kentish-Barnes N, Chevret S, Azoulay E. Guiding intensive care physicians’ communication and behavior towards bereaved relatives: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial (COSMIC-EOL). Trials. 2018 Dec 22;19(1):698. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-3084-7. PMID: 30577862; PMCID: PMC6303988.

Azoulay E, Forel JM, Vinatier I et al. Questions to improve family-staff communication in the ICU: a randomized controlled trial. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Nov;44(11):1879-1887. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5423-2. Epub 2018 Oct 21. PMID: 30374690.

Kentish-Barnes N, Chevret S, Cheisson G et al. Grief Symptoms in Relatives Who Experienced Organ Donation Requests in the ICU. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 Sep 15;198(6):751-758. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201709-1899OC. PMID: 29553799.

Kentish-Barnes N, Charpentier J, Azoulay E. The authors reply. Crit Care Med. 2018 Jun;46(6):e621-e622. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003099. PMID: 29762421.

2017

Kentish-Barnes N, Cohen-Solal Z, Souppart V et al. « It Was the Only Thing I Could Hold Onto, But… »: Receiving a Letter of Condolence After Loss of a Loved One in the ICU: A Qualitative Study of Bereaved Relatives’ Experience. Crit Care Med. 2017 Dec;45(12):1965-1971. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002687. PMID: 28857855.

Robert R, Le Gouge A, Kentish-Barnes N et al. Correction to: Terminal weaning or immediate extubation for withdrawing mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients (the ARREVE observational study). Intensive Care Med. 2017 Dec;43(12):1942-1943. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4999-2. Erratum for: Intensive Care Med. 2017 Dec;43(12 ):1793-1807. PMID: 29178042.

Robert R, Le Gouge A, Kentish-Barnes N et al. Terminal weaning or immediate extubation for withdrawing mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients (the ARREVE observational study). Intensive Care Med. 2017 Dec;43(12):1793-1807. doi: 10.1007/s00134-017-4891-0. Epub 2017 Sep 22. Erratum in: Intensive Care Med. 2017 Nov 24;: PMID: 28936597.

Kentish-Barnes N, Duranteau J, Montlahuc C et al. Clinicians’ Perception and Experience of Organ Donation From Brain-Dead Patients. Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;45(9):1489-1499. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002581. PMID: 28671899.

Kentish-Barnes N, Chevret S, Champigneulle B et al; Famirea Study Group. Effect of a condolence letter on grief symptoms among relatives of patients who died in the ICU: a randomized clinical trial. Intensive Care Med. 2017 Apr;43(4):473-484. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4669-9. Epub 2017 Feb 14. PMID: 28197680.

Davidson JE, Aslakson RA, Long AC et al. Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU. Crit Care Med. 2017 Jan;45(1):103-128. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002169. PMID: 27984278.

2016

Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E. End-of-life care in the ICU: semper ad meliora (always strive for improvement). Intensive Care Med. 2016 Oct;42(10):1653-1654. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4463-8. Epub 2016 Aug 4. PMID: 27492272.

Darmon M, Ducos G, Coquet I et al; FAMIREA Study Group. Formal Academic Training on Ethics May Address Junior Physicians’ Needs. Chest. 2016 Jul;150(1):180-7. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.02.651. PMID: 26927524.

De Stefano C, Normand D, Jabre P et al. Family Presence during Resuscitation: A Qualitative Analysis from a National Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. PLoS One. 2016 Jun 2;11(6):e0156100. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156100. PMID: 27253993; PMCID: PMC4890739.

Kentish-Barnes N, Seegers V, Legriel S et al. CAESAR: a new tool to assess relatives’ experience of dying and death in the ICU. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jun;42(6):995-1002. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4260-4. Epub 2016 Mar 7. PMID: 26951427.

Azoulay E, Kentish-Barnes N, Nelson JE. Communication With Family Caregivers in the Intensive Care Unit: Answers and Questions. JAMA. 2016 May 17;315(19):2075-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.5637. PMID: 27187298.

Kentish-Barnes N, Chevret S, Azoulay E. Impact of the condolence letter on the experience of bereaved families after a death in intensive care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2016 Feb 20;17(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s13063-016-1212-9. PMID: 26897630; PMCID: PMC4761130.

Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E. The Challenge of Addressing Family Needs at the End of Life. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Jan 15;193(2):108-10. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201509-1913ED. PMID: 26771412.

2015

2014

Azoulay E, Chaize M, Kentish-Barnes N. Involvement of ICU families in decisions: fine-tuning the partnership. Ann Intensive Care. 2014 Nov 30;4:37. doi: 10.1186/s13613-014-0037-5. PMID: 25593753; PMCID: PMC4273688.

2013

Azoulay E, Chaize M, Kentish-Barnes N. Music therapy for reducing anxiety in critically ill patients. JAMA. 2013 Jun 12;309(22):2386-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.5657. PMID: 23689740.

2012

Embriaco N, Hraiech S, Azoulay E et al. Symptoms of depression in ICU physicians. Ann Intensive Care. 2012 Jul 27;2(1):34. doi: 10.1186/2110-5820-2-34. PMID: 22839744; PMCID: PMC3543176.

Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E. The vulnerable family. Crit Care Med. 2012 May;40(5):1667-8. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182474c0d. PMID: 22511154.

2011

Peigne V, Chaize M, Falissard B et al. Important questions asked by family members of intensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med. 2011 Jun;39(6):1365-71. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182120b68. PMID: 21358395.

Le Gall JR, Azoulay E, Embriaco N et al. Epuisement professionnel en réanimation [Burn out syndrome among critical care workers]. Bull Acad Natl Med. 2011 Feb;195(2):389-97; discussion 397-8. French. PMID: 22096877.

Azoulay E, Lautrette A, Peigne V et al. Communiquer avec les families des patients en réanimation [Meeting the needs of families of patients in intensive care units]. Bull Acad Natl Med. 2011 Feb;195(2):367-75; discussion 375-6. French. PMID: 22096875.

de Miranda S, Pochard F, Chaize M et al. Postintensive care unit psychological burden in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and informal caregivers: A multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2011 Jan;39(1):112-8. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181feb824. PMID: 21037472.

2010

Lemiale V, Kentish-Barnes N, Chaize M et al. Health-related quality of life in family members of intensive care unit patients. J Palliat Med. 2010 Sep;13(9):1131-7. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0109. PMID: 20836638.

2009

Kentish-Barnes N, Lemiale V, Chaize M et al. Assessing burden in families of critical care patients. Crit Care Med. 2009 Oct;37(10 Suppl):S448-56. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b6e145. PMID: 20046134.

Rusinová K, Pochard F, Kentish-Barnes N et al. Qualitative research: adding drive and dimension to clinical research. Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;37(1 Suppl):S140-6. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819207e7. PMID: 19104214

2008

Azoulay E, Kentish-Barnes N, Pochard F. Health-related quality of life: an outcome variable in critical care survivors. Chest. 2008 Feb;133(2):339-41. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-2547. PMID: 18252911.

Pochard F, Kentish-Barnes N, Azoulay E. Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: the necessity of discrepancies in ethical reasoning. Crit Care. 2008;12(2):418. doi: 10.1186/cc6873. Epub 2008 Apr 29. PMID: 18466640; PMCID: PMC2447608.

2007

Embriaco N, Papazian L, Kentish-Barnes N et al. Burnout syndrome among critical care healthcare workers. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2007 Oct;13(5):482-8. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3282efd28a. PMID: 17762223.

Ciroldi M, Cariou A, Adrie C et al. Ability of family members to predict patient’s consent to critical care research. Intensive Care Med. 2007 May;33(5):807-813. doi: 10.1007/s00134-007-0582-6. Epub 2007 Mar 15. PMID: 17361388.

Embriaco N, Azoulay E, Barrau K et al. High level of burnout in intensivists: prevalence and associated factors. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr 1;175(7):686-92. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200608-1184OC. Epub 2007 Jan 18. Erratum in: Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jun 1;175(11):1209-10. PMID: 17234905.

Lautrette A, Darmon M, Megarbane B et al. A communication strategy and brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 1;356(5):469-78. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa063446. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 12;357(2):203. PMID: 17267907.

Fassier T, Darmon M, Laplace C et al. One-day quantitative cross-sectional study of family information time in 90 intensive care units in France. Crit Care Med. 2007 Jan;35(1):177-83. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000249834.26847.BE. PMID: 17079999. 

2005

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Kentish-Barnes N et al; FAMIREA Study Group. Risk of post-traumatic stress symptoms in family members of intensive care unit patients. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 May 1;171(9):987-94. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200409-1295OC. Epub 2005 Jan 21. PMID: 15665319.

Pochard F, Darmon M, Fassier T et al; French FAMIREA study group. Symptoms of anxiety and depression in family members of intensive care unit patients before discharge or death. A prospective multicenter study. J Crit Care. 2005 Mar;20(1):90-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.11.004. PMID: 16015522.

2004

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Chevret S et al; FAMIREA Study Group. Half the family members of intensive care unit patients do not want to share in the decision-making process: a study in 78 French intensive care units. Crit Care Med. 2004 Sep;32(9):1832-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000139693.88931.59. PMID: 15343009.

2003

Azoulay E, Pochard F. Communication with family members of patients dying in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2003 Dec;9(6):545-50. doi: 10.1097/00075198-200312000-00014. PMID: 14639077.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Garrouste-Orgeas M et al; Outcomerea Study Group. Decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy in ICU patients independently predict hospital death. Intensive Care Med. 2003 Nov;29(11):1895-901. doi: 10.1007/s00134-003-1989-3. Epub 2003 Oct 7. PMID: 14530857.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Chevret S et al. Opinions about surrogate designation: a population survey in France. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jun;31(6):1711-4. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000069828.15555.09. PMID: 12794409.

Azoulay E, Adrie C, De Lassence A et al. Determinants of postintensive care unit mortality: a prospective multicenter study. Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb;31(2):428-32. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000048622.01013.88. PMID: 12576947.

Pochard F, Grassin M, Kentish-Barnes N et al. Patient autonomy and the end of life. Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb;31(2):662-3. doi: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000051516.04625.DE. PMID: 12576994.

2002

Azoulay E, Pochard F. Meeting the needs of intensive care unit patients’ family members: beyond satisfaction. Crit Care Med. 2002 Sep;30(9):2171. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200209000-00053. PMID: 12352075.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Chevret S et al. Impact of a family information leaflet on effectiveness of information provided to family members of intensive care unit patients: a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Feb 15;165(4):438-42. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.165.4.200108-006oc. PMID: 11850333.

2001

Pochard F, Azoulay E, Chevret S et al; French FAMIREA Group. Symptoms of anxiety and depression in family members of intensive care unit patients: ethical hypothesis regarding decision-making capacity. Crit Care Med. 2001 Oct;29(10):1893-7. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200110000-00007. PMID: 11588447.

Pochard F, Grassin M, Azoulay E. Ethical principles for everyone. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jun 19;134(12):1152; author reply 1152-3. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-12-200106190-00024. PMID: 11412064.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Chevret S et al ; PROTOCETIC Group. Compliance with triage to intensive care recommendations. Crit Care Med. 2001 Nov;29(11):2132-6. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200111000-00014. PMID: 11700409.

Pochard F, Azoulay E, Chevret S, et al ; French PROTOCETIC Group. French intensivists do not apply American recommendations regarding decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy. Crit Care Med. 2001 Oct;29(10):1887-92. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200110000-00006. PMID: 11588446.

Pochard F, Azoulay E, Chevret S et al. Toward an ethical consultation in intensive care? Crit Care Med. 2001 Jul;29(7):1489-90. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200107000-00040. PMID: 12078717.

Pochard F, Azoulay E, Grassin M. Assessing requests for euthanasia from terminally ill patients. JAMA. 2001 Feb 14;285(6):734-5. doi: 10.1001/jama.285.6.734. PMID: 11176903.

Azoulay E, Pochard F, Chevret S et al; French FAMIREA Group. Meeting the needs of intensive care unit patient families: a multicenter study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Jan;163(1):135-9. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.163.1.2005117. PMID: 11208638.

2000

Pochard F, Azoulay E, Grassin M. End-of-life decisions for newborn infants. Lancet. 2000 Sep 9;356(9233):946. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)73933-7. PMID: 11036927.

Azoulay E, Chevret S, Leleu G et al. Half the families of intensive care unit patients experience inadequate communication with physicians. Crit Care Med. 2000 Aug;28(8):3044-9. doi: 10.1097/00003246-200008000-00061. PMID: 10966293.