Variation in Patient-Reported Advance Care Preferences in the Preoperative Setting.

CONCLUSIONS: Among older, higher-risk patients presenting for elective procedures, most patients chose limitations to life-sustaining treatments. This work highlights the need for an in-depth goals of care discussion and establishment of advance care preferences before a procedure or operative intervention. PMID: 31923000 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31923000?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - January 7, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Udelsman BV, Govea N, Cooper Z, Chang DC, Bader A, Meyer MJ Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research