The attitudes about life-sustaining treatment among cardiac surgery ICU patients and their families.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the attitudes among cardiac surgery ICU patients and their families regarding life-sustaining treatment.

Methods

A total of 172 pairs of patients in the cardiac surgery ICU of Nanjing First Hospital and their family members were enrolled in this study that examined their attitudes toward life-sustaining treatment using a willingness to care for life-sustaining treatment questionnaire. The consistency of the attitudes of patients and family members toward life-sustaining treatment was analyzed by the chi-square test with a paired design.

Results

The most popular life-sustaining treatment for cardiac ICU patients was noninvasive mechanical ventilation (79.1%); the most unpopular was intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation (48.3%). Most patients and

SUBMITTER: Sun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10235522 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature