Admission of the very elderly to the intensive care unit: Family members' perspectives on clinical decision-making from a multicenter cohort study

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 324-335

  Heyland, Daren K ^a   Dodek, Peter ^b   Mehta, Sangeeta ^c   Cook, Deborah ^d   Garland, Allan ^e   Stelfox, Henry T ^f   Bagshaw, Sean M ^g   Kutsogiannis, Demetrios J ^g   Burns, Karen ^h   Muscedere, John ⁱ   Turgeon, Alexis F ^j   Fowler, Rob ^k   Jiang, Xuran ^a   Day, Andrew G ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^j LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

aged 80 years and over; critical illness; decision making; frail elderly; longitudinal studies; outcome assessment (health care); Palliative care; terminal care

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMFORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925610303     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216314566060     Document Type: Article

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