End-of-life care is a core topic for geriatricians. One of the key aspects of end-of-life management is deciding when to discontinue active care measures (for example blood pressure monitoring, blood tests and X-rays) in favor of exclusive comfort care. In this retrospective observational study, the investigators looked at the care measures, treatments and paraclinical exams received by geriatric patients both one week and 24 hours before their death.
All patients over 75 years old who died in a geriatric short-stay department at Saint-Etienne University Hospital.
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All patients over 75 years old who died in the geriatric short-stay departments of Saint-Etienne University Hospital
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Retrospective
Collecting data from the medical record
Other interventionPatient's socio-demographic data (age, gender, residence), comorbidities, cause of death, date and frequency of care measures/treatments/paraclinical exams received before their death.
Prevalence of care and treatments received during the last week of life, and during the last 24 hours of life
To measure the prevalence of care (hemodynamic, biological and radiological monitoring), and to evaluate the treatments received during the last week of life, and during the last 24 hours of life of patients hospitalized and who died in a geriatric short-stay ward.
Patient criteria that may have explained the pursuit of care
Analysis of patient criteria (age, comorbidities, etc.) that may have explained the continuation of care, treatments and paraclinical exams up to the last 24 hours before death.
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