Crit Care. 2009;13(4):168. Epub 2009 Jul 20.

Even without our biases, the outlook for prognostication is grim.

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University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. james.downar@utoronto.ca

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Physicians are biased and imprecise, but we are better at predicting mortality in the intensive care unit than any mathematical model currently available. But even if we were flawless prognosticators, we would still be left with the larger ethical problem of what to do with prognostic information. In order to translate prognosis into recommendation, we need to know about patient values.

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Crit Care. 2009;13(3):R96.

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