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JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE
卷 37, 期 4, 页码 552-561出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/08258597211020964
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critical & intensive care; DNR; end of life; frailty; futility; ICU; limitation of therapy; palliative care
Frail patients are more likely to receive organ support therapy, but are also more likely to have limitations on therapeutic efforts. The 6-month mortality rate is higher in frail patients, yet only a small percentage of them receive palliative care.
Introduction: Frailty is a clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability common in critical medicine. When underrecognized, it may lead to invasive treatments that do not serve the patients' best interest. Our aim was to evaluate the use of both palliative care consultation and invasive interventions in frail patients admitted to Intensive Care Units in Portugal. Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. All consecutive adult patients admitted for more than 24 h, over a 15-day period were enrolled. Twenty-three Portuguese Intensive Care Units were included. Informed consent was obtained from all patients or their surrogate. The doctor and nurse in charge calculated the Clinical Frailty Score as well as the reference family member Results: A total of 335 patients were included in the study (66% male). Mean age was 63.2 +/- 16.8 and SAPS II score was 41.8 +/- 17.4. Mean Clinical Frailty Score value was 3.5 +/- 1.7. Frailty prevalence (mean score >= 5) was 20.9%. Frail patients were offered organ support therapy (64,3% invasive mechanical ventilation; 24,3% renal replacement therapy; 67,1% vasopressors) more often than non-frail patients. Nevertheless, limitation of therapeutic effort or a do not resuscitate order (p < 0.001) were more common in frail patients. Mortality rate by 6 months was higher among frail patients (50% vs. 32.3%, p < 0.001). Palliative Care was offered to only 15% of frail patients (3.9% overall). Conclusions: The authors suggest that palliative care should be universally consulted once frailty is identified in critical patients.
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