Death in two Canadian intensive care units: institutional difference and changes over time.

Tytuł:: Death in two Canadian intensive care units: institutional difference and changes over time.
Autorzy:: McLean RF; Department of Anaesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Tarshis J
Mazer CD
Szalai JP
Źródło:: Critical care medicine [Crit Care Med] 2000 Jan; Vol. 28 (1), pp. 100-3.
Typ publikacji:: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Multicenter Study
Język:: English
Imprint Name(s):: Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Original Publication: New York, Kolen.
MeSH Terms:: Resuscitation Orders*
Hospital Mortality/*trends
Intensive Care Units/*statistics & numerical data
Life Support Care/*standards
Life Support Care/*trends
Multiple Organ Failure/*mortality
APACHE ; Decision Making ; Euthanasia, Passive ; Female ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Medical Records ; Middle Aged ; Ontario/epidemiology ; Retrospective Studies
Contributed Indexing:: Indexing Agency: KIE Local ID #: 110967. Indexing Agency: NRCBL Local ID #: VF 20.4.1.
Keywords: Death and Euthanasia; Empirical Approach
Note: 15 refs. Note: KIE Bib: allowing to die; resuscitation orders; terminal care
Entry Date(s):: Date Created: 20000210 Date Completed: 20000224 Latest Revision: 20190706
Update Code:: 20240104
DOI:: 10.1097/00003246-200001000-00016
PMID:: 10667506
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Objective: To study and compare the mode of death in two different institutions' intensive care units (ICUs) for the two time periods, 1988 and 1993.
Design: Retrospective chart review.
Setting: Medical/surgical/trauma ICUs in two tertiary care teaching hospitals.
Patients: Patients dying in the medical/surgical/trauma ICUs between January 1, 1988 and December 31, 1988; and January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1993. Data collection included demographics, origin of admission, date of ICU admission, date of death, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III diagnostic categories, APACHE II physiologic variables, organ system failures present at the time of admission and 24 hrs before death, and mode of dying. APACHE II scores and mortality risk were calculated. Data analysis included a multiple analysis of variance to assess overall effect, with subsequent analyses of variance to assess the effect of institution and year on each individual dependent variable. All results are reported as mean +/- SEM values.
Results: A total of 439 charts were reviewed. Gender, age, and origin of admission were not different between the 2 yrs or the two institutions. Mean APACHE II scores and organ system failures were lower at Hospital A in 1998 vs. Hospital B, as was predicted mortality. These factors increased at Hospital A in 1993 and were similar to those at Hospital B. Withdrawal of support was much more common in 1993 than 1988 at both institutions (43% at Hospital A and 46% at Hospital B in 1988 vs. 66% at A and 80% at B in 1993), increasing to a greater extent in 1993 at Hospital B (p<.05). Length of stay in the ICU was significantly longer at Hospital A than at Hospital B in 1988 (9.4+/-1.4 vs. 4.3+/-0.6 days; p<.05) and in 1993 (8.2+/-2.9 vs. 3.8+/-0.5 days; p < .05).
Conclusions: There has been an increase in withdrawal of life support, in recent years, at both the institutions studied. Differences exist between institutions with respect to end-of-life decisions in the ICU. These differences are likely representative of widely prevalent regional differences and are the result of many factors.

Comment in: Crit Care Med. 2000 Jan;28(1):269-70. (PMID: 10667545)

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