Prevalence of life-sustaining treatment limitations in Polish very old intensive care patients (VIPs). A post-hoc analysis of two prospective observational studies

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PURPOSE: Several initiatives have recently focused on raising awareness about limitations of treatment in Poland. We aimed to assess if the propensity to limit LST among elderly patients in 2018-2019 increased compared to 2016-2017.

METHODS: We analysed Polish cohorts from studies VIP1 (October 2016 - May 2017) and VIP2 (May 2018 - May 2019) that enrolled critical patients aged >80. We collected data on demographics, clinical features limitations of LST. Primary analysis assessed factors associated with prevalence of limitations of LST, A secondary analysis explored differences between patients with and without limitations of LST.

RESULTS: 601 patients were enrolled. Prevalence of LST limitations was 16.1% in 2016-2017 and 20.5% in 2018-2019. No difference was found in univariate analysis (p = 0.22), multivariable model showed higher propensity towards limiting LST in the 2018-2019 cohort compared to 2016-2017 cohort (OR 1.07;95%CI, 1.01-1.14). There was higher mortality and a longer length of stay of patients with limitations of LST compared to the patients without limitations of LST. (11 vs. 6 days, p = 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: The clinicians in Poland have become more proactive in limiting LST in critically ill patients ≥80 years old over the studied period, however the prevalence of limitations of LST in Poland remains low.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:79

Enthalten in:

Journal of critical care - 79(2024) vom: 14. Feb., Seite 154439

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pasieka, Paweł [VerfasserIn]
Surówka, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Fronczek, Jakub [VerfasserIn]
Skwara, Evan [VerfasserIn]
Czuczwar, Mirosław [VerfasserIn]
Borys, Michał [VerfasserIn]
Krawczyk, Paweł [VerfasserIn]
Ziętkiewicz, Mirosław [VerfasserIn]
Nowak, Łukasz R [VerfasserIn]
Żukowski, Maciej [VerfasserIn]
Kotfis, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Cwyl, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Skowronek, Jacek [VerfasserIn]
Solek-Pastuszka, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Biernawska, Jowita [VerfasserIn]
Grudzień, Paweł [VerfasserIn]
Nasiłowski, Paweł [VerfasserIn]
Popek, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Cyrankiewicz, Waldemar [VerfasserIn]
Sierakowska, Katarzyna [VerfasserIn]
Mudyna, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Białka, Szymon [VerfasserIn]
Studzińska, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Bernas, Szymon [VerfasserIn]
Piechota, Mariusz [VerfasserIn]
Machała, Waldemar [VerfasserIn]
Sadowski, Łukasz [VerfasserIn]
Stefaniak, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Owczuk, Radosław [VerfasserIn]
Szymkowiak, Małgorzata [VerfasserIn]
Gawda, Ryszard [VerfasserIn]
Kozera, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Adamik, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Goździk, Waldemar [VerfasserIn]
Wieczorek, Agnieszka [VerfasserIn]
Janc, Jarosław [VerfasserIn]
Kluzik, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Trzebicki, Janusz [VerfasserIn]
Zatorski, Paweł [VerfasserIn]
Gola, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Hymczak, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Krzych, Lukasz J [VerfasserIn]
Czajka, Szymon [VerfasserIn]
Kościuczuk, Urszula [VerfasserIn]
Kudliński, Bartosz [VerfasserIn]
Flaatten, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Szczeklik, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

End-of-life care
Ethics
Futile therapy
Geriatric population
Intensive care
Journal Article
Limitations of life-sustaining treatment
Observational Study
Observational study
VIP study

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154439

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363253157