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An Sist Sanit Navar · Dec 2017
Multicenter Study Observational Study[Good care for patients who die in intensive care units in Spain. A study based on international care quality indicators].
Good care for patients who die in intensive care should be pursued in the same way that excellence is sought in other clinical aspects. ⋯ The quality of end-of-life care in the participating ICU needs to be improved. The study identifies shortcomings and indicates existing resources in clinical practice from which a gradual improvement plan, adapted to the situation in each hospital, can be designed. The analysis, inexpensive in its implementation, offers an opportunity for improvement, a goal recommended by most professional societies of intensive care medicine. Key words. End-of-life care. Intensive care. Critical care. Palliative care. Quality improvement.