Facilitating supportive care in cardiac intensive care units.

Related Articles Facilitating supportive care in cardiac intensive care units. Curr Opin Support Palliat Care. 2020 03;14(1):19-24 Authors: Romanò M Abstract PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The number of patients who die in the hospital in the Western world is high, and 20-30% of them are admitted to an ICU in the last month of life, including those in cardiac ICUs (CICUs) where invasive procedures are performed and mortality is high. Palliative consultation is provided in only a few cases. The ethical and decisional aspects associated with the advanced stages of illness are very rarely discussed. RECENT FINDINGS: The epidemiological and clinical…
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