[Thematic series: end-of-life care and the terminally ill patient at the intensive care unit].

نویسندگان

  • Márcio Soares
  • Renato G G Terzi
  • Jefferson P Piva
چکیده

Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva Vol. 19 No 3, Julho-Setembro, 2007 As questões relacionadas à terminalidade da vida e a limitação de tratamentos de suporte em pacientes com doenças incuráveis e terminais ainda são considerados como tabu no Brasil e a sua discussão mais aprofundada foi negligenciada durante anos até bem pouco tempo. Assim como em diversos países, uma parcela significativa das mortes intra-hospitalares ocorre nas unidades de terapia intensiva (UTI). A Medicina Intensiva é uma especialidade relativamente jovem, tendo ocorrido no Brasil um aumento considerável no número de UTI nos últimos anos. Os intensivistas, de modo geral, têm sido ávidos na incorporação de inovações tecnológicas. Paralelamente, observa-se um crescente questionamento quanto a eficácia e prováveis benefícios desses tratamentos quando utilizados de modo inapropriado ou contra a vontade dos pacientes. Assim, as questões relacionadas a terminalidade da vida estão na ordem do dia, alavancadas pela recente publicação da Resolução no 1.805/06 do Conselho Federal de Medicina, que ampliou a discussão, tanto na Série Temática – Terminalidade da Vida e Cuidados de Final de Vida na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Revista Brasileira de terapia intensiva

دوره 19 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007