Clinical Trial: Withholding and/or Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment on Emergency Department Patients' Short- and Long-term Outcomes

U.S., Aug. 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07115719) titled 'Withholding and/or Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment on Emergency Department Patients' Short- and Long-term Outcomes' on Aug. 04.

Brief Summary: Background In France, a significant proportion of end-of-life (EOL) decisions occur in emergency departments (EDs), where time constraints and limited resources may hinder optimal care. Although withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments (WHWD) is common in this context, the impact of timing on patient outcomes remains unclear.

Objective:

To assess how the timing of WHWD decisions influences short- and long-term outcomes among ED patients.

Methods:

We conducted a retrospe...