Trends in time in the management of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the last phase of life: a retrospective study of medical records

Rik Stoevelaar,Arianne Brinkman-Stoppelenburg,Anne Geert van Driel,Dominic A.M.J. Theuns,Rohit Bhagwandien,Rozemarijn van Bruchem-Visser,Ineke E Lokker,Agnes van der Heide,Judith Rietjens

Trends in time in the management of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator in the last phase of life: a retrospective study of medical records

2019

Rik Stoevelaar
Arianne Brinkman-Stoppelenburg
Anne Geert van Driel
Dominic A.M.J. Theuns
Rohit Bhagwandien
Rozemarijn van Bruchem-Visser
Ineke E Lokker
Agnes van der Heide
Judith Rietjens

Background:The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) might give unwanted shocks in the last month of life. Guidelines recommend deactivation of the ICD prior to death.Aims:The aims of this s...

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Medical emergency
Intensive care medicine
Medical record
Retrospective cohort study
Medicine
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Terminal care
Withholding Treatment

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