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Advance Directive Implementation and Scientific Evaluation Study

Advance Directive Implementation and Scientific Evaluation (ADVISE) Study

Sponsor

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Enrollment

2,000 participants

Start Date

Aug 3, 2021

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Loss of Capability of Judgement

Summary

This study is to better understand the use of advance directives, their implementation in the intensive care unit, and their effects on outcome. Data from the digital medical records of all consecutive adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit at the University Hospital Basel from 2011 to 2023 are retrospectively extracted. Descriptive analyses will be applied to report the proportion of patients with an advance directive. In-hospital outcome (defined as survival, Glasgow Outcome Score, and return of neurologic function to premorbid baseline) will be compared between patients with and without advanced directives

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

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This clinical trial is studying health related personal data extraction from digital medical records for people with loss of capability of judgement. The study is currently recruiting participants at 2 locations. People eligible for this study include aged 18 Years and older.

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Interventions

OTHERhealth related personal data extraction from digital medical records

health related personal data extraction from digital medical records (i.e. patient characteristics; start, end and duration of hospitalization and ICU stay; admitted from another hospital, nursing home or comes with emergency medical Service; formal data of written advance directives; data of unwritten advance directive; information on the contents of the advance directives (regarding life-worthy conditions, health care agents, resuscitation, pain management, artificial nutrition, hydration, surgeries, renal replacement, mechanical circulation, mechanical ventilation, pacemaker, administration of blood products, treatment of infections, organ donation, autopsy); patient history; clinical data; therapeutic features; outcome at discharge; knowledge regarding relatives and their level of information about the advance directives; discussion of euthanasia and self-determination of dying.

Locations(2)

Kantonsspital Aarau

Aarau, Switzerland

Clinic for Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland

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