Open AccessAssociation of Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment With ICU Admission Among Patients Hospitalized Near the End of Life
Author(s) -
Robert Y. Lee,
Lyndia C. Brumback,
Seelwan Sathitratanacheewin,
William B. Lober,
Matthew Modes,
Ylinne Lynch,
Corey I. Ambrose,
James Sibley,
Kelly C. Vranas,
Donald R. Sullivan,
Ruth A. Engelberg,
J. Randall Curtis,
Erin K. Kross
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2019.22523
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological intervention , advance care planning , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , cardiopulmonary resuscitation , intensive care , dementia , end of life care , do not resuscitate , resuscitation , intensive care medicine , palliative care , disease , nursing
Patients with chronic illness frequently use Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) to document treatment limitations.
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