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End-of-Life Decisions in Surgical Intensive Care Medicine - The Relevance of Treatment Withholding

NCT02521428 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 226

Last updated 2015-08-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this retrospective observational study is to describe the sequence of ICU-therapies that are limited and to compare characteristics and the decision making process in surgical ICU-patients.

Conditions

  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

retrospective analysis

Approximately 200 patients will be enrolled in the study. They are followed up until their death on the ICU. In clinical routine end-of-life decisions are documented for decision-makers and procedures in the patients´ records. Patients´ characteristics and therapeutic approaches are documented in the electronic patient data management system.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-09-30
Completion
2015-08-31

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