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Table 3 Perception of the management according to the medical and paramedical staff

From: Management of decision of withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments in French EDs

 

Medical (n = 102)

Paramedical (n = 143)

p-value

Systematic search for advance directives

59 (57.8%)

23 (16.1%)

<  0.0001

Systematic search for trusted person

51 (50.0%)

26 (18.2%)

<  0.0001

At least 2 physicians and 1 nurse in the decision making (including emergency physician)

59 (57.8%)

68 (47.6%)

0.1445

Place dedicated to the announcement

18 (17.7%)

24 (16.8%)

0.9961

Announcement > 15 min

23 (22.5%)

50 (35.0%)

0.0508