Patricia Escudero-Acha, Oihana Leizaola, Noelia Lázaro, Mónica Cordero, Ana María Cossío, Daniel Ballesteros, Paula Recena, Ana Isabel Tizón, Manuel Palomo, Maite Misis Del Campo, Santiago Freita, Jorge Duerto, Naia Mas Bilbao, Barbara Vidal, Domingo González-Romero, Francisco Diaz-Dominguez, Jaume Revuelto, Maria Luisa Blasco, Monica Domezain, M A de la Concepción Pavía-Pesquera, Miriam Pérez Ruiz, Angel Pobo, Inés Gomez-Acebo, Alejandro González-Castro
INTRODUCTION: Decisions not to admit a patient to intensive care units (ICU) as a way of limiting life support treatment (LLST) is a practice that can affect the operation of the emergency services and the way in which patients die. METHODS: Post hoc analysis of the ADENI-UCI study. The main variable analysed was the reason for refusal of admission to the ICU as a measure of LLST. For the present post hoc analysis, the registered patients were divided into 2 groups: the patients assessed in the intensive medicine services from the emergency department and the patients assessed from the conventional hospitalization areas...
December 10, 2021: Medicina Clínica