Search Tag: end of life

ICU Management

Critical-care-at-the-end-of-life-a-study-of-cost-and-outcomes

2017 07 Jun

New research indicates that the majority of individuals admitted to ICU at the end of life are elderly and burdened by chronic illness. The existing medical literature indicates that this is the exact type of population that would be expected to do worse in the ICU, researchers note. The study also shows that a significant proportion of those with...Read more

ICU Management

End-of-life-decisions-in-the-icu-impact-nurses-doctors

2016 07 Jun

End-of-life decision making in the ICU can impact not only the families of patients, but also doctors, nurses and hospital rapid response teams. Effect on Doctors and Nurses A literature review published in Australian Critical Care by Liz Flannery and colleagues from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Western Sydney, Australia,...Read more