Hospitalization and Intensive Therapy at the End of Life.

CONCLUSION: Use of intensive care services during terminal hospitalizations increased across all age groups, particularly the elderly. The increased need for end-of-life care in the ICU calls for improvements in educational, policy, and reimbursement strategies. It is unclear whether ICU care was appropriate and compliant with patient preferences. PMID: 31617481 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31617481?dopt=Abstract

Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - October 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dtsch Arztebl Int Source Type: research