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Factors associated with life-sustaining treatment restriction in a general intensive care unit. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Few previous studies have investigated associations between clinical variables available after 24 hours in the intensive care unit (ICU), including the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), and decisions to restrict life-sustaining treatment. The aim of this
Stein Arve Skjaker, Henrik Hoel, Vegard Dahl, Knut Stavem   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Medical indication regarding life-sustaining treatment for children: Focus groups with clinicians. [PDF]

, 2016
Decisions about medical indication are a relevant problem in pediatrics. Difficulties arise from the high prognostic uncertainty, the decisional incapacity of many children, the importance of the family, and conflicts with parents.
Borasio, G.D., Führer, M., Jox, R.J., Lotz, J.D., Meurer, C.   +4 more
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Eleven-year retrospective study characterizing patients with severe brain damage and poor neurological prognosis -role of physicians’ attitude toward life-sustaining treatment

BMC Palliative Care, 2022
Background Severe brain hemorrhage/infarction and cardiac arrest constitute the most critical situations leading to poor neurological prognosis. Characterization of these patients is required to offer successful end-of-life care, but actual practice is ...
Haruaki Wakatake, Koichi Hayashi, Yuka Kitano, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Toru Yoshida, Yoshihiro Masui, Yasuhiko Taira, Shigeki Fujitani   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Withdrawal of life-support in paediatric intensive care - a study of time intervals between discussion, decision and death

BMC Pediatrics, 2011
Background Scant information exists about the time-course of events during withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. We investigated the time required for end-of-life decisions, subsequent withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment and the time to death ...
Tibballs James, Oberender Felix
doaj   +1 more source

Reversals and limitations on high-intensity, life-sustaining treatments. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Critically ill patients often receive high-intensity life sustaining treatments (LST) in the intensive care unit (ICU), although they can be ineffective and eventually undesired.
Gustavo Chavez, Ilana B Richman, Rajani Kaimal, Jason Bentley, Lee Ann Yasukawa, Russ B Altman, Vyjeyanthi S Periyakoil, Jonathan H Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adding Life to Years: Comprehensive end-of-life care for all

Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
This study builds upon our 2019 End-of-Life Care (EoLC) research, focusing on enhancing the quality and accessibility of EoLC in Hong Kong. With the introduction of the Advance Decision on Life-sustaining Treatment Bill, we identified the need for a ...
Ryan IP, Dicky Chow, Dorothy Yeung, Jessie Zhang, Betty Shu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Choosing and Doing wisely: triage level I resuscitation a possible new field for starting palliative care and avoiding low-value care – a nationwide matched-pair retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

BMC Palliative Care, 2020
Background The association between palliative care and life-sustaining treatment following emergency department (ED) resuscitation is unclear. This study aims to analyze the usage of palliative care and life-sustaining treatments among ED triage level I ...
Chih-Yuan Lin, Yue-Chune Lee
doaj   +1 more source

A Life Below the Threshold? Examining Conflict Between Ethical Principles and Parental Values In Neonatal Treatment Decision Making [PDF]

, 2016
Three common ethical principles for establishing the limits of parental authority in pediatric treatment decision making are the harm principle, the principle of best interest, and the threshold view.
Cunningham, Thomas V.
core   +1 more source

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with do-not-resuscitate and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment in a medical intensive care unit: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Palliative Care
Background In the intensive care unit (ICU), we may encounter patients who have completed a Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) or a Physician Orders to Stop Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) document.
Song-I Lee, Ye-Rin Ju, Da Hyun Kang, Jeong Eun Lee   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of factors influencing the decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment in intensive care unit patients after implementation of the Life-Sustaining Treatment Act in Korea [PDF]

Acute and Critical Care
Background The decision to discontinue intensive care unit (ICU) treatment during the end-of-life stage has recently become a significant concern in Korea, with an observed increase in life-sustaining treatment (LST) withdrawal. There is a growing demand
Claire Junga Kim, Kyung Sook Hong, Sooyoung Cho, Jin Park   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source