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Table 5 Documentation of Best Interest (Incidence %. N = 105 Patients)

From: Documentation of best interest by intensivists: a retrospective study in an Ontario critical care unit

Medical Status

estimate of survival likelihood

(50)

diagnosis or syndrome

(84)

  

Treatment Plan at Issue

life support strategies administered

(45)

future life support options

(88)

  

Substitute Decision Makers' Interpretation of Best Interests

patient's perspective about ICU treatment if there is a prediction of loss of function

(18)

patient's perspectives about treatments in the context of anticipated quality of life post hospital stay

(7)

patient's perspectives about treatment if chronic care is anticipated

(2)

 

Intensivists' Interpretation of Best Interests

physician's prediction of functional status following ICU

(20)

physician's prediction of quality of life post hospital stay

(0)

physician's prediction of the need for chronic care following discharge from the ICU

(3)

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