Limitation of life-sustaining treatment and patient involvement in decision-making: a retrospective study of a Danish COVID-19 patient cohort.

Hanne Irene JensenSevim OzdenGitte Schultz KristensenMihnaz AziziSiri Aas SmedemarkChristian Backer Mogensen

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2021)

Life-sustaining treatment limitation decisions were made for 18% of a COVID-19 patient cohort. Hereof, more than a third of the decisions had been made before hospital admission. Many records lacked information on patient involvement in the decisions.

Keyphrases

case report
coronavirus disease
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decision making
emergency department
healthcare
combination therapy