Introduction
Surveys are an indispensable tool for assessing the impact of clinical research on patients and medical professionals alike. ESICM endorsement is a guarantee of quality survey design and rigorous methodology. Do you have a survey you would like ESICM to endorse? For researchers seeking ESICM survey endorsement or co-endorsement, please prepare the following documents for submission: Tools and questionnaires for applicants – ESICM Survey Application Form.
Learn more about the completed surveys here.
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Supporting bereaved children following the death of an important adult in the ICU: mapping existing practices and professional perspectives across adult ICU settings (POSIE Survey)
The primary objective of this study is to examine existing approaches and guidance for supporting children at the time of bereavement in adult intensive care unit settings, by analysing scoping survey responses from ICU professionals across the EU. The findings will inform the development of evidence-based recommendations to optimise child-centred bereavement care in adult intensive care environments. This survey is supported by the ESICM ETHICS Section and the ESICM N&AHP Committee.
Steering Committee: Dr Mark Burgess, Director of Studies, Oxford Brookes University UK ; Dr Jenny Seddon, Research supervisor, Oxford Brookes University UK ; Dr Adam Baimal, Research supervisor, Oxford Brookes University UK ; Prof. Louise Dalton, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Oxford University Dep. of Psychiatry ; Dr Margo Van Mol, ESICM N&AHP committee ; Prof. Jos Latour, ESICM N&AHP committee ; Dr Carole Boulanger, ESICM Secretary Elect.
Contact: Annelies Rowland, Lead Investigator, The Centre for Psychological Research, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK arowland [ @ ] brookes.ac.uk.
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This survey prioritises capturing a wide cross-section of perspectives from different adult ICU settings and geographic regions. It is completely anonymous and should take no longer than 10-15 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey here.
Frequency and Determinants of the Use of Awake Prone Positioning in Intensive Care Units
This survey aims to explore current practices related to awake prone positioning in patients with acute respiratory failure and to identify factors influencing its implementation.
Contact: Olmos Matias E., Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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The target population for this survey is any ICU personnel actively involved in the management of acute respiratory failure (nurses, physiotherapists, physicians, others). It is completely anonymous and should take no longer than 10-15 minutes to complete.
The survey is available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
Complete the survey here.
European Survey on Nuclear Imaging in Intensive Care Units
The primary objective of this survey is to assess the current use, accessibility, and perceived utility of nuclear imaging techniques in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with an infectious disease diagnosis across multiple European centres. Specifically, we aim to determine the frequency of use of nuclear imaging modalities such as 18F-FDG-PET/CT, the indications leading to their use, and the challenges associated with their application in critically ill patients.
Steering Committee: Camilla Genovese, Jean-François Timsit, Michael Thy
Contact: Michael Thy, Dept. Medical & Infectious Diseases ICU – Hospital Bichat-Claude Bernard – AP-HP – Université Paris Cité, Paris, France. michael.thy [ @ ] aphp.fr
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The survey targets practising ICU physicians, infectious disease specialists, or nuclear medicine experts involved in the care of critically ill patients with suspected or confirmed infections.. There are 35 questions, and it takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey.
Complete the survey here.
Assessment of the Roles of Intensivists and External Consultants in discussions on care projects for critically ill patients with acute brain injury (MIND Survey)
The primary objective of this survey is to assess the roles and contributions of intensivists and external consultants in discussions on care projects for critically ill patients with acute brain injury (i.e., cardiac arrest, stroke, TBI and encephalitis) in ICUs. The secondary objectives are: to analyse care planning discussion practices across different ICU settings in Europe; to identify prognostic variables considered during these discussions; to examine factors influencing decisions to limit or withdraw therapies; and to evaluate factors associated with perceptual differences between intensivists and external consultants. This survey is supported by the ESICM NIC section.
Steering Committee: Sarah Benghanem, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France. Clément Devautour, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France.
Contact: Clément Devautour, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France. clement.devautour [ @ ] aphp.fr
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The survey targets intensivists practising in ICUs worldwide and external consultants chosen by the intensivists. There are 35 questions, and it takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey.
Link to the Intensivist questionnaire.
External consultant questionnaire.
Integration of Advanced Practitioner roles in Intensive Care (APPs Survey)
This short survey aims to explore the integration of APPs in routine clinical care in the ICU in order to find out how best to provide support. This survey is initiated by ESICM.
Contact: Marlies Ostermann, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK. Marlies.Ostermann [ @ ] gstt.nhs.uk
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The survey targets ICU non-physician healthcare professionals (depending on the country, APPs include nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and other non-medical healthcare providers). There are 10 questions, and it takes about 5 minutes to complete the survey.
Complete the survey here.
Access to and perceived benefits of post-ICU follow-up in Europe: the perspective of ICU healthcare providers and ICU survivors.
The primary objective of the survey is to depict the current practices in terms of post-ICU follow-up and post-intensive care syndrome screening across Europe, from both ICU teams and ICU survivors’ perspectives. The secondary objective is to assess the perceived benefits of PICS-targeted post-ICU follow-up, for both ICU teams and ICU survivors. This survey was initiated within the ESICM HSRO section (in collaboration with the ETHICS section).
Steering Committee: Susannah LEAVER (ESICM HSRO section – chair), – Michael BEIL (ESICM HSRO section), – Kristina FUEST (ESICM HSRO section). Collaborators: Victoria METAXA (ESICM Ethics section), Christina JONES (ICUsteps – support charity organisation), Pam RAMSAY (ESICM NAHP Committee and ICUsteps).
Contact: Anne-Françoise ROUSSEAU, University Hospital of Liège – Liège – Belgium. afrousseau [ @ ] chuliege.be
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The survey targets European ICU healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, physiotherapists and other non-administrative staff). There are 50 questions, and it takes about 15 minutes to complete the survey.
Complete the survey here.
Practices of NEUromonitoring in Meningitis caused by StreptoCOccus Pneumoniae: An European, multicenter, cross-sectional survey (PNEUMO-SCOPE)
The primary objective is to describe the current practices regarding neuromonitoring in severe community-acquired bacterial meningitis (CABM) caused by Streptococcus pneumonia. The secondary objective is to depict the current practices of intracranial hypertension (ICH) management in this specific context. This survey is initiated within the ESICM NIC Section (Neuro Intensive Care).
Steering Committee: Mattéo MAUGET, University Hospital of Rennes, Rennes (France), Dr. Pierre FILLATRE, Yves Le Foll Hospital, Saint-Brieuc (France), Pr. Romain SONNEVILLE, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, APHP Paris (France), Pr. Fabio Silvio TACCONE, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles, Bruxelles (Belgium), Pr. Chiara ROBBA, Policlinico San Martino, Genoa (Italy).
Contact: Pierre FILLATRE, Yves le Foll Hospital, Saint Brieuc, France. pierre.fillatre [ @ ] armorsante.bzh
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The survey targets European intensive care physicians from various countries and types of hospitals. There are 50 questions, and it takes about 15-20 minutes to complete the survey.
Complete the survey here.
Work-Family Balance, Parenting and Pregnancy in Intensive Care
This survey aims to explore how parenting and family dynamics are associated with the demands of intensive care work and to explore if parenthood can modify the relationship between intensive care work demands and work-family balance. This survey is an ESICM – NEXT Committee and Diversity & Inclusiveness Monitoring Group initiative.
Contact: Giacomo Grasselli, Full Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan. Director, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy; General Secretary, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); President elect, Società Italiana di Anestesia, Analgesia, Rianimazione e Terapia Intensiva (SIAARTI); giacomo.grasselli [ @ ] unimi.it
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The survey targets ICU practitioners (e.g. Doctors, N&AHP, residents); there is no age limit, no geographical limitation and it is for respondents with/without children. This survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey here.
CUrrent Practices of Intensive care for the management of acute respiratory Distress syndrome in EurOpe (CUPIDO Survey)
This survey seeks to gain a comprehensive understanding of current ARDS management practices across European ICUs, with a particular focus on the use of LTV and PP therapy, which have been shown to improve outcomes in ARDS patients. This survey is initiated within the ESICM ARF Section (Acute Respiratory Failure).
Steering Committee: Markus Haar, Kevin Roedl, Silvia de Rosa, Denise Battaglini, Sergio Lassola, Fabian Gleibs, Stefan Kluge, Lise Piquilloud, Marcus J. Schultz.
Contact: Markus Haar, University of Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Dept. Of Intensive Care Medicine, Germany. m.haar [ @ ] uke
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The survey targets healthcare professionals directly involved in managing ARDS patients in European ICUs. This survey takes about 15 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey here.
OPtimal TIming for initiating antibiotic therapy in non-severe Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in intensive care units. The OPTI-VAP Survey
The survey aims to document decision-making strategies for initiating antibiotic therapy in non-severe VAP cases in ICUs, evaluate factors influencing timing, and understand clinicians’ definitions of microbiological documentation.
Steering Committee: Myriam Lamamri, Arnaud Foucrier
Contact: Beaujon Hospital, 100 boulevard du général Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France, APHP Nord dorssaf.lamamri [ @ ] @aphp.fr
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We call on all physicians working in an intensive care unit worldwide. The survey takes around 15 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey here.
Use of Palliative Care and Advanced Life Support in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: An International Survey
The aim of this study is to understand how clinicians at transplant centres around the world use palliative care and life support treatments for patients with acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF)/decompensated cirrhosis. The goal of this study is to generate knowledge that improves the quality of care for this vulnerable patient population.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah Andersen, Assistant Professor, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta. If you have questions or require more information about the study itself, please contact the study PI at sanderse [ @ ] ualberta.ca
Collaborators: Dr. Constantine Karvellas, Dr. Puneeta Tandon (Division of Gastroenterology), Dr. Amanda Brisebois (Division of Palliative Care), Youri Kim (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB); Dr. Nneka Ufere (Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA).
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Complete the survey here.
Elibility: All clinicians who 1) work at a hospital that performs liver transplantation and 2) care for patients with advanced cirrhosis/ACLF as part of their practice. We are particularly interested in the perspectives of palliative care clinicians. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete the survey.
CAFQa
CAFQa – Alarm Fatigue in ICU.
Alarms from medical equipment are part of the everyday life in intensive care and are often perceived as stressful by clinicians. Researchers from the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing would like to find out how you perceive alarms in your everyday work. After successfully developing and validating a German version of the Charité Alarm Fatigue Questionnaire (CAFQa) (Wunderlich et al. 2023), this project aims to make the questionnaire available to a wider audience internationally and lay the foundation for further validated translations. Excessive alarms in the ICU can diminish both the work environment and patient safety. By measuring this burden in a standardized manner, we can enhance alarm management. Your participation is crucial to making ICU alarms meaningful again. This survey has been also endorsed by the ESICM Data Science Section.
Leadership/contact: PD Dr. med. Akira-Sebastian Poncette, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Halley Ruppel, PhD, RN, Research Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania. akira-sebastian.poncette [ @ ] charite.de
I-POP
The primary objective of the study is to assess the rate of frequent information (more than 50% of cases) received by the relatives of adult surgical patients during the surgery.The secondary objective is to assess the determinants of frequent information provided by anaesthesiologists to relatives of adult surgical patients during the surgery.
Steering Committee members:
- Pr Samir JABER, Montpellier, France
- Dr Manuel Guerrero, Tijuana, Mexico
- Dr Natacha Kapandji, Paris, France
- Dr Yvan Pouzeratte, Montpellier, France
- Dr Clara Penne, Montpellier, France
Contact: Pr Audrey De Jong Montpellier University Hospital Montpellier, France a-de_jong [ @ ] chu-montpellier.fr
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We call on all Intensive Care physicians and anaesthesiologists. It is expected to have a low rate of frequent information (more than 50% of cases during surgery) of relatives of adult surgical patients by anesthesiologists. This ESICM APM Section initiative survey has been endorsed by ESICM. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Complete the survey here.
CARE P-TBI
Organization of Care for Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury throughout Europe: a Multidisciplinary Survey. Pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex disease which requires specific expertise for management. As there is significant variation in the caseload of pediatric TBI across different European centres, there are several different models of practice in management of this disease. In order to identify best management pathways, the aim is to map the needs and practice variations.
Steering Committee:
- Shruti Agrawal (ESPNIC, UK)
- Radek Fric (EANS, Norway)
- Chiara Robba (ESICM, Italy)
- Aurelia Peraud (EANS, Germany)
- Marianne Juhler (EANS, Denmark)
- Miro Gjurasin (EANS, Croatia)
- Ondra Petr (EANS, Austria)
- Sarah Pedersen (EANS, Denmark)
- Bart Depreitere (EANS, Belgium)l
Contact: Professor Bart Depreitere (Pediatric Neurosurgeon, UZ Leuven, Belgium) on Behalf of EANS, email: bart.depreitere@uzleuven.be
Dr Shruti Agrawal (Paediatric Intensivist, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridge, UK) on Behalf of ESPNIC, email: shruti.agrawal1 [ @ ] nhs.net
Participate
This survey is a joint initiative by the Trauma and Pediatric sections of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) and the European Society of Intensive Medicine (ESICM). We call on all medical professionals from all_ICUs who look after pediatric TBI patients. The participation in the survey is confidential.
Complete the survey here
ABCDEF
The survey will present the same question as the survey in the paper published in 2017 [PMID: 28787293]. Several factors have been advocated for their importance in the management of patients in ICU settings including delirium, pain and analgesia, early mobility, and family involvement. In 2018 the PADIS (Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU) guidelines were published to provide clinicians with specific indications for the management of pain, analgesia, and delirium. In 2017 we conducted a survey to assess the knowledge and use of the ABCDEF (Assessing Pain, Both Spontaneous Awakening and Breathing Trials, Choice of Drugs, Delirium monitoring/management, Early exercise/mobility, and Family Empowerment) bundle worldwide and we found wide variability on its application across individual countries. After 6 years, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to implement a new release of the survey to have a new picture of the ABCDEF bundle application worldwide. We think that this could offer interesting insights into the implementation of the ABCDEF bundle and possibly identify specific barriers and targets for further quality improvement and adoption of the bundle. Our focus is to explore the knowledge about the ABCDEF bundle and the grade of its implementation worldwide, including, in this new release, the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
Contact: Simone PIVA, Dept. of Medical & Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences & Public Health, University of Brescia; Dept. of Emergency, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy Simone.piva [ @ ] unibs.it
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Complete the survey here