What are the characteristics that lead physicians to perceive an ICU stay as non-beneficial for the patient?

• Jean-Pierre Quenot ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jean-pierre.quenot@chu-dijon.fr

  Affiliations Department of Intensive Care, François Mitterrand, University Hospital, Dijon, France, Lipness Team, INSERM Research Centre LNC-UMR1231 and LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France, INSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2351-682X

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• Audrey Large,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, François Mitterrand, University Hospital, Dijon, France

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• Nicolas Meunier-Beillard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations INSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France, DRCI, USMR, Francois Mitterrand University Hospital, Dijon, France

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• Paul-Simon Pugliesi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, William Morey Hospital, Chalon sur Saône, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9270-1861

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• Pamina Rollet,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trevenans, France

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• Amaury Toitot,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Nord Franche-Comté Hospital, Trevenans, France

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• Pascal Andreu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, François Mitterrand, University Hospital, Dijon, France

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• Hervé Devilliers,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations INSERM CIC 1432, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France, Department of Internal Medicine, François Mitterrand University Hospital, Dijon, France

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• Antoine Marchalot,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Dieppe General Hospital, Dieppe, France

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• Fiona Ecarnot,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation EA3920, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Besancon, France

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• Auguste Dargent,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Intensive Care, François Mitterrand, University Hospital, Dijon, France, Lipness Team, INSERM Research Centre LNC-UMR1231 and LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France

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• Jean-Philippe Rigaud,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Intensive Care, Dieppe General Hospital, Dieppe, France, Espace de Réflexion Ethique de Normandie, University Hospital Caen, France

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• on behalf of the INSTINCT study group

  ¶The complete membership of the author group can be found in the Acknowledgments section.

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