The last six months of life for patients with congestive heart failure

Article Abstract:

The last six months of life of patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) has been studied in a retrospective analysis of data from a prospective cohort study in five tertiary care academic medical centers. Subjects numbered 1404 and 539 of them died within a year of their index hospitalization. It was found that in the last six months of life with CHF illness is more severe, with more disability and the desire to avoid resuscitation more often seen. No significant decrease in quality of life is found as death approaches.

Care and treatment, Usage, Laws, regulations and rules, Physiological aspects, Terminally ill persons, Terminally ill, Statistics, Terminal care, Quality of life, Congestive heart failure, Heart failure, Right to refuse treatment, Right to die, Treatment refusal, CPR (First aid), Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Resuscitation, Living wills, Shortness of breath, Dyspnea

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Survey methods for seriously ill hospitalized adults: practical lessons from SUPPORT

Article Abstract:

Survey methods for seriously ill hospitalized adults have been developed in connection with the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT), a prospective cohort study at five teaching hospitals in the US. It was found that reliable and useful data on preferences and subjective health outcomes can be collected from seriously ill hospitalized patients and their proxies with mature staff, a large interview team, flexibility in administration, and centralized, structured quality assurance.

Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Death, Hospitalization, Hospital patients, Health surveys, Hospital care, Experimental design, Research design

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