1. Impact of advance directives on the variability between intensivists in the decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment
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Jean-Michel Constantin, Axelle Van Lander, Laurent Argaud, Jean-Christophe Richard, Bertrand Souweine, Céline Lambert, Renaud Guérin, Alexandre Fratani, Jean Dellamonica, Russell Chabanne, Jeremy Bourenne, Kada Klouche, Margot Smirdec, Nicolas Terzi, Pierre Asfar, Jean-Pierre Quenot, A Lautrette, Cécile Aubron, Philippe Verdier, Virginie Guastella, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, Anne Medard, Jean-Marc Doise, Nathanael Eisenmann, Samir Jaber, Bruno Pereira, Jean Reignier, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Mercé Jourdain, Julie Delmas, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Recherche translationnelle sur le diabète - U 1190 (RTD), Institut Pasteur de Lille, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Lille-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Lille] (CHRU Lille), Unité de Biostatistiques [CHU Clermont-Ferrand], Direction de la recherche clinique et de l’innovation [CHU Clermont-Ferrand] (DRCI), CHU Clermont-Ferrand-CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Service d'Anesthésie et de Soins Intensifs [Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse - HCL], Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Hôpital Edouard Herriot [CHU - HCL], Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Physiologie & médecine expérimentale du Cœur et des Muscles [U 1046] (PhyMedExp), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Hôtel-Dieu de Nantes, Centre hospitalier de Dieppe, Centre Hospitalier Chalon-sur-Saône William Morey, Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Centre Hospitalier Rodez, Centre Hospitalier de Cannes, Hôpital de Montluçon, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Centre Jean Perrin [Clermont-Ferrand] (UNICANCER/CJP), UNICANCER, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire d'Angers (CHU Angers), PRES Université Nantes Angers Le Mans (UNAM), Hopital Saint-Louis [AP-HP] (AP-HP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), CHU Grenoble, Service d'Anesthésie réanimation [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), AutomédiCation aCcompagnement Pluriprofessionnel PatienT (ACCePPT), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Cliniques - UFC (EA 481) (NEURO), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC), Laboratoire Microorganismes : Génome et Environnement (LMGE), Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image pour la Santé (CREATIS), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Modeling & analysis for medical imaging and Diagnosis (MYRIAD), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Laboratoire de Neurosciences Intégratives et Cliniques - UFC (UR 481) (NEURO), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Lyon-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and MORNET, Dominique
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Critical Care ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Relative standard deviation ,Decision Making ,Intensivist ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Advance directives ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Qualitative analysis ,Life sustaining treatment ,Physicians ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Prospective Studies ,Trial registration ,Fear of pain ,business.industry ,Research ,lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid ,lcsh:RC86-88.9 ,Middle Aged ,Decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,030228 respiratory system ,Withholding Treatment ,Emergency medicine ,ICU ,Female ,France ,business - Abstract
Background There is wide variability between intensivists in the decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment (DFLST). Advance directives (ADs) allow patients to communicate their end-of-life wishes to physicians. We assessed whether ADs reduced variability in DFLSTs between intensivists. Methods We conducted a multicenter, prospective, simulation study. Eight patients expressed their wishes in ADs after being informed about DFLSTs by an intensivist-investigator. The participating intensivists answered ten questions about the DFLSTs of each patient in two scenarios, referring to patients’ characteristics without ADs (round 1) and then with (round 2). DFLST score ranged from 0 (no-DFLST) to 10 (DFLST for all questions). The main outcome was variability in DFLSTs between intensivists, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD). Results A total of 19,680 decisions made by 123 intensivists from 27 ICUs were analyzed. The DFLST score was higher with ADs than without (6.02 95% CI [5.85; 6.19] vs 4.92 95% CI [4.75; 5.10], p p = 0.84). Inter-intensivist agreement on DFLSTs was weak with ADs (intra-class correlation coefficient: 0.28). No factor associated with DFLSTs was identified. A qualitative analysis of ADs showed focus on end-of-life wills, unwanted things and fear of pain. Conclusions ADs increased the DFLST rate but did not reduce variability between the intensivists. In the decision-making process using ADs, the intensivist’s decision took priority. Further research is needed to improve the matching of the physicians’ decision with the patient’s wishes. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03013530. Registered 6 January 2017; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03013530.
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- 2020
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