Society of Critical Care Medicine 2024 Guidelines on Adult ICU Design: Executive Summary.

COI Statement

Dr. Anderson reports grant funding from the Alzheimer’s Association (AACSF-22-923724) related to the design of community spaces for older adults and innovation funding from Mass General Brigham related to ICU design and delirium; she received funding from Ovid BP. Dr. Oczkowski received funding from Fisher & Paykel. Dr. Bassin received funding from CannonDesign. Dr. Busl received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (U01NS124613 [AWD14238], NIH R01NS120924 [AWD10089]) related to management of headache for patients with acute subarachnoid hemorrhage in the ICU and the American Academy of Neurology; she disclosed that she is Associate Editor for Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Kaplan disclosed he is Chair, Scientific Review panel for the Congressionally Directed Medical Review Panel; a participant in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded exploration of hospital room features to improve infection control. Dr. Swoboda serves on Board of American College of Critical Care Medicine. The remaining authors have disclosed that they do not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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