Association of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment With ICU Admission Near the End of Life

This cohort study uses electronic health record (EHR) data to evaluate the association between Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and intensive care unit (ICU) admission and the incidence of and risk factors for POLST-discordant intensive care among adult patients hospitalized 6 months or less before death.
Source: JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research