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New obstacles to improving the quality of end-of-life care in ICU
Conclusions: A multifaceted quality improvement intervention was associated with no improvement in quality of dying among ICU decedents, as well as no reduction in resource utilization prior to the withdrawal of life sustaining measures.CitationCurtis JR, Nielsen EL, Treece PD, Downey L, Dotolo D, Shannon SE, Back AL, Rubenfeld GD, Engelberg RA. Effect of a quality-improvement intervention on end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2011 Feb 1;183(3):348-55. Epub 2010 Sep10.PMID:20833820 (Source: Critical Care)...
Published By: MedWorm/DeathRecovery - Wednesday, 22 February
