Brief communication: Management of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in hospice: A nationwide survey.
Brief communication: Management of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in hospice: A nationwide survey.
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DOI:
10.7326/0003-4819-152-5-201003020-00007
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发表时间:
2010-03-02
影响因子:
39.2
通讯作者:
Kutner JS
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作者:
Goldstein N;Carlson M;Livote E;Kutner JS
Communication about deactivation of ICDs in patients near the end of life is rare. To determine if hospices are admitting ICD patients, if hospice patients are receiving shocks, and how hospices manage ICDs. Cross-sectional survey. Randomly selected hospice facilities 900 hospices were surveyed. A total of 414 hospices responded. Frequency of admission of ICD patients, frequency of patients receiving shocks, existence of deactivation policies, and frequency of deactivation. 97% of hospices admit patients with ICDs. 58% reported that in the last year a patient had been shocked. Only 10% of hospices had a policy which addressed deactivation. On average, 42% (SE 2.9) of patients with ICDs have the shocking function deactivated. A sample deactivation policy is available as a web-only appendix. The study relied on the knowledge of hospice administrators. Hospices are admitting patients with ICDs, and patients are being shocked at the end of life. Assuring that hospices have policies in place to address deactivation may improve the care for patients with these devices.
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DOI:
10.1097/01.nhh.0000326324.09466.97
发表时间:
2008-07-01
期刊:
Home healthcare nurse
影响因子:
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作者:
Kirk, Timothy W
通讯作者:
Kirk, Timothy W
影响因子:
8.8
作者:
GROEGER, JS;GUNTUPALLI, KK;KAYE, W
通讯作者:
KAYE, W
影响因子:
39.2
作者:
Goldstein, NE;Lampert, R;Krumholz, HM
通讯作者:
Krumholz, HM
影响因子:
120.7
作者:
Angus, DC;Kelley, MA;Popovich, J
通讯作者:
Popovich, J
影响因子:
5.7
作者:
Sears, SF;Conti, JB
通讯作者:
Conti, JB