Outcomes in patients perceived as receiving excessive care by ICU physicians and nurses: differences between patients < 75 and ≥ 75 years of age?

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11110/23:10469584

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369223005159?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012369223005159?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.018" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.chest.2023.04.018</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Outcomes in patients perceived as receiving excessive care by ICU physicians and nurses: differences between patients < 75 and ≥ 75 years of age?

Original language description

Background: The benefit of the ICU for older patients is often debated. There is little knowledge on subjective impressions of excessive care in ICU nurses and physicians combined with objective patient data in real-life cases. Research Question: Is there a difference in treatment limitation decisions and 1-year outcomes in patients &lt; 75 and ≥ 75 years of age, with and without concordant perceptions of excessive care by two or more ICU nurses and physicians? Study Design and Methods: This was a reanalysis of the prospective observational DISPROPRICUS study, performed in 56 ICUs. Nurses and physicians completed a daily questionnaire about the appropriateness of care for each of their patients during a 28-day period in 2014. We compared the cumulative incidence of patients with concordant perceptions of excessive care, treatment limitation decisions, and the proportion of patients attaining the combined end point (death, poor quality of life, or not being at home) at 1 year across age groups via Cox regression with propensity score weighting and Fisher exact tests. Results: Of 1,641 patients, 405 (25%) were ≥ 75 years of age. The cumulative incidence of concordant perceptions of excessive care was higher in older patients (13.6% vs 8.5%; P &lt;.001). In patients with concordant perceptions of excessive care, we found no difference between age groups in risk of death (1-year mortality, 83% in both groups; P &gt;.99; hazard ratio [HR] after weighting, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.74-1.65), treatment limitation decisions (33% vs 31%; HR after weighting, 1.11; 95% CI, 0.69-2.17), and reaching the combined end point at 1 year (90% vs 93%; P =.546). In patients without concordant perceptions of excessive care, we found a difference in risk of death (1-year mortality, 41% vs 30%; P &lt;.001; HR after weighting, 1.38; 95% CI, 1.11-1.73) and treatment limitation decisions (11% vs 5%; P &lt;.001; HR, 2.11; 95% CI, 1.37-3.27); however, treatment limitation decisions were mostly documented prior to ICU admission. The risk of reaching the combined end point was higher in the older adults (61.6% vs 52.8%; P &lt;.001). Interpretation: Although the incidence of perceptions of excessive care is slightly higher in older patients, there is no difference in treatment limitation decisions and 1-year outcomes between older and younger patients once patients are identified by concordant perceptions of excessive care. Additionally, in patients without concordant perceptions, the outcomes are worse in the older adults, pleading against ageism in ICU nurses and physicians. © 2023 American College of Chest Physicians

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30221 - Critical care medicine and Emergency medicine

Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Chest

ISSN

0012-3692

e-ISSN

1931-3543

Volume of the periodical

164

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

656-666

UT code for WoS article

001077483600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85167975686