Prevalence of use of advance directives, health care proxy, legal guardian, and living will in 512 patients hospitalized in a cardiac care unit/intensive care unit in 2 community hospitals

INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of use of any advance directives was 26% in 112 patients hospitalized in a cardiac care unit (CCU)/intensive care unit (ICU) in an academic medical center. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We investigated in 2 community hospitals the prevalence of use of advance directives (AD), he...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Anil, Aronow, Wilbert S., Alexa, Margelusa, Gothwal, Ritu, Jesmajian, Stephen, Bhushan, Bharat, Gaba, Praveen, Catevenis, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Termedia Publishing House 2010
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22371745
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/aoms.2010.13892
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: The prevalence of use of any advance directives was 26% in 112 patients hospitalized in a cardiac care unit (CCU)/intensive care unit (ICU) in an academic medical center. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We investigated in 2 community hospitals the prevalence of use of advance directives (AD), health care proxy (HCP), legal guardian (LG), and living will (LW) in 512 patients hospitalized in a CCU/ ICU approached for AD and HCP. RESULTS: The use of AD was 22%, of HCP was 19%, of LG was 16%, and of LW was 5%. CONCLUSIONS: The use of AD was 22%, of HCP was 19%, of LG was 16%, and of LW was 5% in patients hospitalized in a CCU/ICU. Educational programs on use of AD and of HCP need to be part of cardiovascular training programs and of cardiovascular continuing medical education.

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