2016
DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.169
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Medical futility treatment in intensive care units

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“…Among both professional groups a widely expressed concern was the inability to externalize control of decision-making to patients and their families. As in the research done by Jukic et al ( 2016 ), this was related to the specific legal framework, since there is no legal ground for advance directives in Croatia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
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“…Among both professional groups a widely expressed concern was the inability to externalize control of decision-making to patients and their families. As in the research done by Jukic et al ( 2016 ), this was related to the specific legal framework, since there is no legal ground for advance directives in Croatia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Jukic et al ( 2016 ) conducted research in ICUs in Croatia through a retrospective patients’ chart review in order to investigate cases of potentially medically futile treatment of deceased patients in intensive care units. The analysis indicated that a certain percentage of patients did not need prolonged ICU treatment.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some patients, despite the availability of these treatments, choose to forgo them or request their withdrawal after they are initiated as the treatments are inconsistent with their healthcare values and goals. Such decisions may raise moral or ethical concerns about the right for a patient to die in dignity while receiving non-beneficial treatments [1][2][3][4][5][6]. The two main aspects of this approach are the withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatments; "Withholding" being defined as the decision not to start or increase a lifesustaining intervention, and "Withdrawal" as the decision to actively stop a life-sustaining intervention presently being given.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In previous studies, it has been reported that the majority of critical patients with many cognitive and functional impairments have died either while in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or after discharge from ICU [5]. When there is no treatment option for the underlying medical condition or when there is irreversible organ failure, intensive care treatments may become ineffective and ICU becomes the place where patients pass their last days before death [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%