Diagnosis Procedure In-hospital mortality Coronary artery disease Percutaneous coronary intervention 2.1–3.2 % [13] Coronary artery disease Coronary artery bypass grafting 4.7–6.0 % 9.2 % mortality for age ≥ 80 years [14] Heart…
Fig. 6.1 Trajectories of dying (From Lunney et al. [8]. Reprinted with permission from John Wiley and Sons) In most cases, it is difficult for ED physicians to provide a…
Domains of quality ICU palliative care [18]a Examples of ICU palliative care quality indicators [19] Patient- and family-centered decision making Identification of a medical decision maker (or other appropriate surrogate)…
Year Event 1967 First advance directive created by Luis Kutner 1976 First state law (California) legally sanctioning living wills 1976 New Jersey Supreme Court establishes right of family member to…
