A5018884878- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Ethics in medical practice
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
- Music Therapy and Health
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
University of Gothenburg
2019-2023
Angered Hospital
2020
Region Västra Götaland
2020
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
2007-2019
Background Intensive care treat critically ill patients. When intensive is not considered beneficial for the patient, decisions to withdraw or withhold treatments are made. We aimed identify independent patient variables that increase odds receiving a decision care. Methods Registry study using data from Swedish Care (SIR) 2014‐2016. Age, condition at admission, including co‐morbidities (Simplified Acute Physiology Score version 3, SAPS 3), diagnosis, sex, and on treatment limitations were...
Background There is increasing evidence that the individual physician main factor influencing variability in end‐of‐life decision‐making intensive care units. End‐of‐life decisions are complex and should be adapted to each patient. Physician‐related problematic as it may result unequal assessments affect patient outcomes. The primary aim of this study was investigate factors contributing physician‐related decision‐making. Method This a qualitative substudy previously conducted study....
To make end-of-life (EOL) decisions is a complex and challenging task for intensive care physicians substantial variability in this process has been previously reported. However, deeper understanding of intensivists' experiences attitudes regarding the decision-making still, to large extent, lacking. The primary aim study was address Swedish experiences, beliefs pertaining EOL decisions. Second, we aimed identify underlying factors that may contribute process.This descriptive, qualitative...
There are few studies on the differences in end-of-life decisions making critically ill patients with and without coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed to investigate independent factors that predicted decision withdraw or withhold life-sustaining treatments (LST) if these were based different variables for COVID-19 compared those other diagnoses a Swedish intensive care unit.