Wiedermann Christian J, Joannidis Michael, Valentin Andreas
Department of Internal Medicine, Central Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano (BZ), Italy.
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2011 Feb;161(3-4):99-102. doi: 10.1007/s10354-010-0826-x. Epub 2010 Sep 29.
During the past decade there has been growing interest in the development of practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions. A questionnaire about awareness and use of end-of-life decision guidelines was applied by e-mail in a cross-sectional survey among 1494 attendants of Austrian intensive care medicine conferences held in 2008. Of a total of 246 evaluable responses from physicians, only 140 said to have been aware of national end-of-life decision-making guidelines (56.9%). Those who read the recommendations at least in part believe to have derived benefit from the recommendations. Even though the response rate was low, Austrian intensive care medicine societies should be encouraged to better disseminate end-of-life decision guidelines among caregivers.
在过去十年中，人们对制定医疗临终决策实践指南的兴趣日益浓厚。在一项横断面调查中，通过电子邮件向2008年奥地利重症医学会议的1494名与会者发放了一份关于临终决策指南的知晓度和使用情况的问卷。在医生的246份可评估回复中，只有140人表示知晓国家临终决策指南（56.9%）。那些至少部分阅读了这些建议的人认为从这些建议中获得了益处。尽管回复率较低，但仍应鼓励奥地利重症医学协会在护理人员中更好地传播临终决策指南。
