Advance directives in the intensive care unit: An eight-year vanguard cohort study
Advance directives are available in a minority of ICU patients and often contain subjective/contradictory wording. Physicians respected directives in 90 % of patients, with treatment adapted following their wishes. However, violation of directives may have serious consequences with unfavorable in-hospital outcomes and decreased long-term survival with treatment adaption following directives.
Authors
- Sebastian Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0654-6479)
- Mathias Nebiker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4289-0625)
- Pascale Grzonka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-320X)
- Sira M. Baumann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4762-1408)
- Caroline E. Gebhard
- Luca Cioccari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4993-427X)
- Raoul Sutter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-356X)
- Simon Adrian Amacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6530-1240)
- Yasmin Erne
- Sabina Hunziker
Institutions
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Hospital of Basel (CH)
- Kantonsspital Aarau (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Critical Care
- Published
- 2024-09-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154918
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17