Advance directives in the trauma intensive care unit: Do they really matter?

Despite advances in the care of the injured patient, 22% of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit will die from their injuries. As a majority of these deaths will occur due to withdrawal of care, intensivists should be proficient in their ability to discuss end-of-life care with patien...

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Autores principales: Gordy, Stephanie, Klein, Eran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Symposium on End of Life Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22229138
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.84800
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description Despite advances in the care of the injured patient, 22% of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit will die from their injuries. As a majority of these deaths will occur due to withdrawal of care, intensivists should be proficient in their ability to discuss end-of-life care with patients and families. While the use of advance directives to document patients’ wishes has increased, their utility is uncertain. We review the effectiveness and obstacles of advance directives.
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spelling pubmed-32498462012-01-06 Advance directives in the trauma intensive care unit: Do they really matter? Gordy, Stephanie Klein, Eran Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci Symposium on End of Life Care Despite advances in the care of the injured patient, 22% of trauma patients admitted to the intensive care unit will die from their injuries. As a majority of these deaths will occur due to withdrawal of care, intensivists should be proficient in their ability to discuss end-of-life care with patients and families. While the use of advance directives to document patients’ wishes has increased, their utility is uncertain. We review the effectiveness and obstacles of advance directives. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3249846/ /pubmed/22229138 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5151.84800 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Advance directives in the trauma intensive care unit: Do they really matter?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249846/
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