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Lemoyne, Sabine E E Van Bogaert, Peter Calle, Paul Wouters, Kristien Deblick, Dennis Herbots, Hanne Monsieurs, Kg
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Acta clinica Belgica
The decision to transfer a nursing home (NH) resident to an emergency department (ED) is multifactorial and challenging but many of the emergency physician-staffed emergency medical service (EP-EMS) interventions and ED transfers are probably inappropriate. We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study in three EP-EMSs in Belgium over a perio...
Stream, Sara Nolan, Anna Kwon, Sophia Constable, Catherine
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Resuscitation
In clinical practice, do-not-intubate (DNI) orders are generally accompanied by do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders. Use of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders is associated with older patient age, more comorbid conditions, and the withholding of treatments outside of the cardiac arrest setting. Previous studies have not unpacked the factors independently ...
Wen, Kuei-Yen Lin, Ya-Chin Cheng, Ju-Feng Chou, Pei-Chun Wei, Chih-Hsin Chen, Yun-Fang Sun, Jia-Ling
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Supportive Care in Cancer
PurposeDiscussing end-of-life care with patients is often considered taboo, and signing a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) order is difficult for most patients, especially in Chinese culture. This study investigated distributions and details related to the signing of DNR orders, as well as the completeness of various DNR order forms.MethodsRetrospective ch...
Mori, Masanori Ellison, Donna Ashikaga, Takamaru McVeigh, Ursula Ramsay, Allan Ades, Steven
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Supportive Care in Cancer
PurposeAdvanced cancer care planning is encouraged to achieve individualized care. We hypothesized that in-advance end-of-life (EOL) discussions and establishment of do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status prior to the terminal admission would be associated with better quality of inpatient EOL care.MethodsWe conducted a post-mortality survey, utilizing the...
