July - 2012
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Increased nonbeneficial care in patients spending their birthday in the ICUElie Azoulay, Maite Garrouste, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, et al Int Care Med, 2012, 38:1169-1176 This page is only available to Crit-IQ subscribers. To view the rest of this review and gain access to our vast array of critical care teaching tools including podcasts, vodcasts, modules, exam preparation tools, teaching aids and much more, login here, or Become a Member to register |
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| Interesting study - while it is easy to dismiss the findings as evidence of "wasted resources", I wonder what the impact of these treatment decisions is on family. Another good example is waiting until family have arrived from a distance to see the patient before they die. Perhaps this has a significant psychosocial impact on families and survivors that we are too quick to dismiss as insignificant. | |
| Jackson Bird-18 Jul, 2012 01:43:32 PM | |
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This is another paper from the "Outcomerea" study, an entertaining topic for a few reasons. Firstly, in French ICU's, there is a bias towards treatment on birthdays, and 3.2% of patients spend their birthday in ICU! Re-affirming the knowledge that their is bias in end-of-life decision...