To What Extent Do Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Reflect Patients' Preferences for Care at the End of Life?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.10.016
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To assess whether medical orders within Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) forms reflect patients' preferences for care at the end of life. DESIGN This cross-sectional study assessed the agreement between medical orders in… read more here.
Keywords: life; sustaining treatment; polst forms; reflect patients ... See more keywords
Humanity behind the intention of primary caregiver to choose withdrawing life-sustaining treatment for terminating patients.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.06.011
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Mechanical ventilation, a measure of life-sustaining treatment (LST), may not be helpful and can be devastating for patients with terminal illness. We explored the effects of demographic characteristics, attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral… read more here.
Keywords: subjective norms; perceived behavioral; life; sustaining treatment ... See more keywords
Ethics of life-sustaining treatment in locked-in syndrome: a Chinese survey.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rehab.2019.09.011
Abstract: BACKGROUND Locked-in syndrome (LIS) characterizes individuals who have experienced pontine lesions, who have limited motor output but with preserved cognitive abilities. Despite their severe physical impairment, individuals with LIS self-profess a higher quality of life… read more here.
Keywords: locked syndrome; treatment; sustaining treatment; individuals lis ... See more keywords
Decision-making conversations for life-sustaining treatment with seriously ill patients using a Danish version of the US POLST: a qualitative study of patient and physician experiences
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DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2036481
Abstract: Abstract Objective To explore patients’ and physicians’ perspectives on a decision-making conversation for life-sustaining treatment, based on the Danish model of the American Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form. Design Semi-structured interviews following… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; conversation; sustaining treatment; decision making ... See more keywords
Changes Over Time in the Oregon Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Registry: A Study of Two Decedent Cohorts
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DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2018.0446
Abstract: Abstract Background: The Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) began in Oregon in 1993 and has since spread nationally and internationally. Objectives: Describe and compare demographics and POLST orders in two decedent cohorts: deaths in… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; sustaining treatment; cohort; life sustaining ... See more keywords
How Do Children Die in PICUs Nowadays? A Multicenter Study From Spain*
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DOI: 10.1097/pcc.0000000000002359
Abstract: Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Objectives: To describe how children currently die in Spanish PICUs, their epidemiologic characteristics and clinical diagnoses. Design: Prospective multicenter observational study. Setting: Eighteen PICUs participating in the… read more here.
Keywords: study spain; life; life sustaining; picus ... See more keywords
Care preferences in physician orders for life sustaining treatment in California nursing homes
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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17737
Abstract: Physician Orders for Life‐Sustaining Treatment (POLST) facilitates documentation and transition of patients' life‐sustaining treatment orders across care settings. Little is known about patient and facility factors related to care preferences within POLST across a large,… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; physician orders; orders life; sustaining treatment ... See more keywords
The VA Life‐Sustaining Treatment Decisions Initiative: A qualitative analysis of veterans with advanced kidney disease
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DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17807
Abstract: Documentation of patients' goals of care is integral to promoting goal‐concordant care. In 2017, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a system‐wide initiative to standardize documentation of patients' preferences for life‐sustaining treatments (LST) and… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; sustaining treatment; advanced kidney; kidney disease ... See more keywords
Nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment process in an intensive care unit.
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DOI: 10.1111/jocn.16556
Abstract: AIMS To explore nurse's, physician's and family member's experiences of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in an intensive care unit. BACKGROUND In South Korea, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment is legalised by the enforcement of… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; withholding withdrawing; sustaining treatment; family ... See more keywords
Discussing patient preferences for levels of life-sustaining treatment: development and pilot testing of a Danish POLST form
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DOI: 10.1186/s12904-021-00892-2
Abstract: Background Medically frail and/or chronically ill patients are often admitted to Danish hospitals without documentation of patient preferences. This may lead to inappropriate care. Modelled on the American Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form,… read more here.
Keywords: form; polst form; life sustaining; sustaining treatment ... See more keywords
The attitudes about life-sustaining treatment among cardiac surgery ICU patients and their families
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DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2023.1079337
Abstract: Purpose To investigate the attitudes among cardiac surgery ICU patients and their families regarding life-sustaining treatment. Methods A total of 172 pairs of patients in the cardiac surgery ICU of Nanjing First Hospital and their… read more here.
Keywords: life sustaining; surgery; sustaining treatment; life ... See more keywords