End-of-life decision-making and quality of ICU performance: An observational study in 84 Italian units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1495-1504

  Bertolini, Guido ^a   Boffelli, Simona ^a   Malacarne, Paolo ^b   Peta, Mario ^c   Marchesi, Mariano ^d   Barbisan, Camillo ^c   Tomelleri, Stefano ^e   Spada, Simonetta ^d   Satolli, Roberto ^f   Gridelli, Bruno ^g,h   Lizzola, Ivo ^e   Mazzon, Davide ⁱ  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^f Agenzia Zadig   (Italy)

^g MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critically ill; Decision making; End of life; Ethics; Intensive care units

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955925220     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-010-1910-9     Document Type: Article

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