Hospices not deactivating defibrillators in patients
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Hospices not deactivating defibrillators in patients
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Tags: Emergency, Advanced Life Support, Electrical Shock, End-of-Life Decision Making
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End of Life and Heart Rhythm Devices
hrsonline.org — “Modern medicine has succeeded at developing cardiac devices, such as pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) that improve quality of life and prevent dying prematurely in at-risk persons. There are times, such as at the end of life, when patients and families may no longer desire this therapy and wish to have their cardiac devices turned off.” View full resource at hrsonline.org
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End of Life Care & ICDs. http://t.co/f3lAbIj #hpm #hospice
Study Sheds Light on End of Life Management of Implanted Defibrillators
newswise.com — “Each year, more than 100,000 patients in the U.S. undergo implantation of a new ICD for heart rhythm abnormalities. Current medical guidelines advocate discussion of end of life care of these medical devices, including deactivation. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine say that discussions should also address post-mortem donation of ICDs for product improvement or reuse overseas as pacemakers, to help reduce global health disparities.” View full resource at newswise.com
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Heart: End of Life Decisions: Defibrillators and Pacemakers - The Doctor
thedoctorwillseeyounow.com — “Patients with pacemakers or defibrillators may receive painful shocks during their last days. What can be done?” View full resource at thedoctorwillseeyounow.com
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Deactivating Defibrillators and Pacemakers: Patients with pacemakers or defibrillators may receive painful shocks ... http://bit.ly/aQpHYk
Heart defibrillators complicate end-of-life care
news-medical.net — “Heart defibrillators, "small implants that save lives by sending an electrical jolt to interrupt a potentially fatal heart rhythm and restore normal beating," can pose a "challenge near life's end, for both patients and their families," The New York Times reports.” View full resource at news-medical.net
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Cape hospices start defibrillator talk with patients | CapeCodOnline.com
capecodonline.com — “Hospices on Cape Cod are bucking a national trend that says many home-care programs for terminally ill patients do not address the issue of implanted defibrillators.” View full resource at capecodonline.com
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Cape hospices start defibrillator talk with patients - Cape Cod Times /Twitter / HospiceTweets/ http://tinyurl.com/ybmb4yl
Implanted defibrillators can create distress for patients awaiting a peaceful death - Lowell Sun Online
lowellsun.com — “WASHINGTON -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off? Carol Filak had heard about painful, repeated shocks that people sometimes experience from those implants in their final days.” View full resource at lowellsun.com
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Hospices rarely deactivate defibrillators in patients, survey finds
sciencedaily.com — “Researchers have found that patients admitted to hospice care who have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are rarely having their ICDs deactivated and are receiving electrical shocks from these devices near the end of life.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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Hospices rarely deactivate defibrillators in patients, survey finds
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Researchers have found that patients admitted to hospice care who have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are rarely having their ICDs deactivated and are receiving electrical shocks from these devices near the end of life.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Few hospices have a policy on deactivation of ICD - Related Stories - ANA SmartBrief
smartbrief.com — “A survey of hospices in the U.S. found 95% have admitted patients with active implantable cardiover” View full resource at smartbrief.com
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