End-of-life decision making in respiratory failure. The therapeutic choices in chronic respiratory failure in a 7-item questionnaire | Zendy

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End-of-life decision making in respiratory failure. The therapeutic choices in chronic respiratory failure in a 7-item questionnaire

Author(s) -

Dagmar Rinnenburger,

Mario Giuseppe Alma,

Domenico Bigioni,

Giuseppe Brunetti,

Carlo Liberati,

Vinicio Magliacani,

Gianluca Monaco,

Lino Reggiani,

Giovanni Taronna,

Luca Cecchini

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

annali dell istituto superiore di sanità

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.302

H-Index - 42

eISSN - 2384-8553

pISSN - 0021-2571

DOI - 10.4415/ann_12_03_14

Subject(s) - paternalism , medicine , respiratory failure , autonomy , intensive care medicine , mechanical ventilation , chronic respiratory failure , health care , respiratory care , clinical decision making , physical therapy , surgery , psychiatry , political science , economics , law , economic growth

The transition from paternalistic medicine to a healthcare culture centred on the patient's decision making autonomy presents problems of communication and understanding. Chronic respiratory failure challenges patients, their families and caregivers with important choices, such as invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy, which, especially in the case of neuromuscular diseases, can significantly postpone the end of life.

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