Validation of a checklist to facilitate serious illness conversations in adult emergency in China: a single-centre pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Advances in emergency and critical care have improved outcomes, but gaps in communication and decision-making persist, especially in the emergency department (ED), prompting the development of a checklist to aid in serious illness conversations (SIC) in China.

Methods

This was a single-centre prospective interventional study on the quality improvement of SIC for life-sustaining treatment (LST). The study recruited patients consecutively for both its observational baseline and interventional stages until its conclusion. Eligible participants were adults over 18 years old admitted to the Emergency Intensive Care Unit (EICU) of a tertiary teaching hospital, possessing full decisional capacity or having a legal proxy. Exclusions were made for pregnant women, patients

SUBMITTER: Ge H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304814 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature