Intensive care medicine is a specialty in which the results are closely related to the ability to organize and work as a team. While technological advancements offer a wide variety of tests and a myriad of possible treatments and procedures for critically ill patients, this large arsenal of options is often misused, which in addition to not providing significant benefits to patients can cause unnecessary risk and harm. Based on these principles, the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation (ABIM) began a campaign in 2012 to identify clinical practices that should be questioned to make physicians aware of the importance of using only interventions and procedures that are indicated for the patient and that do not put him or her at risk. For this purpose, a list of items considered most relevant to conscious decision-making was developed and was named . Since then, numerous medical societies around the world have started to make their lists to prompt discussions of and providing warnings about the main practices to be questioned and the importance of always using the utmost discernment. The following are considered basic principles of the campaign: it must be led by physicians, the choices should be patient-centered, there must be multi-professional participation, the campaign should be evidence-based, and the selection process must be transparent.
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