The Quality of End-of-Life Care Among Intensive Care Unit Versus Ward Decedents.

CONCLUSIONS: Among hospital decedents, ICU care was associated with higher family ratings of quality of end-of-life care than ward care. Reducing ICU use among hospital decedents may not improve end-of-life quality, and efforts to understand how ICU care improves end-of-life quality could help provide better care outside ICUs.
PMID: 31940238 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine - January 14, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Rolnick JA, Ersek M, Wachterman MW, Halpern SD Tags: Am J Respir Crit Care Med Source Type: research