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Monroy G, Bohórquez Quintero DC, Moreno Ormanza D, Silva Herrera JM. Interconsultas urológicas a un Servicio de Ética Clínica en un hospital de IV nivel. Rev Urol 2022. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1755470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Objetivo Los problemas éticos tienen una gran importancia en discusiones teóricas en la medicina, y este estudio tiene como objetivo caracterizar a los pacientes urológicos cuyos casos fueron motivos de consulta al Servicio de Ética Clínica (SEC) institucional de un hospital de IV nivel para comprender los dilemas éticos prevalentes en la práctica diaria de la urología y su abordaje.
Materiales y Métodos Estudio descriptivo en el que se realizó una revisión retrospectiva de las historias clínicas de 20 pacientes urológicos interconsultados al SEC de un hospital de IV nivel. Se evaluó la frecuencia de las siguientes variables: diagnóstico, estadio funcional y clínico en el momento del diagnóstico, tiempo de evolución, tratamientos, y tipo de dilema ético motivo de la interconsulta.
Resultados Desde enero de 2018, el SEC del Hospital Universitario San Ignacio ha respondido 1.123 interconsultas, y se vio un aumento significativo de las mismas en 2020 por razón de la pandemia de enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19, en inglés). De estas interconsultas, solamente trece corresponden a pacientes con patología urológica de base, y siete, a compromiso urológico secundario. El diagnóstico más frecuente fue carcinoma de próstata en estadio IV, seguido de carcinoma urotelial avanzado. Predominó el tratamiento adecuado; solamente tres se diagnosticaron en ese momento, y no alcanzaron a recibir tratamiento. El principal dilema ético encontrado tuvo que ver con proporcionalidad al final de la vida, en dos casos, con respeto de la autonomía del paciente, incluida una solicitud de eutanasia.
Conclusión El tamizaje establecido y los tratamientos efectivos tempranos se podrían reflejar en la baja frecuencia de situaciones clínicas extremas conducentes a la toma de decisiones al final de la vida, que serían dirigidas, entonces, ya sea a la reorientación del esfuerzo terapéutico, al plan de fin de vida, o a eutanasia.
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
- Unidad de Urología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
- Unidad de Urología, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia
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Brahmbhatt M, Yeung H, Vong G, Allbritton J, Amin B, Dulaney ED, Fullen DR, LeBlanc RE, Ruben BS, Seykora JT, Vyas NS, Stoff BK. Ethical and professionalism issues in dermatopathology: A cross-sectional survey of American Society of Dermatopathology Members. J Cutan Pathol 2021; 48:750-757. [PMID: 33350497 DOI: 10.1111/cup.13946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Data regarding ethical/professional issues affecting dermatopathologists are lacking despite their importance in establishing policy priorities and educational content for dermatopathology. METHODS A 14-item cross-sectional survey about ethical/professional issues in dermatopathology was distributed over e-mail to members of the American Society of Dermatopathology from June to September 2019. RESULTS Two hundred sixteen surveys were completed, with a response rate of 15.3%. Respondents ranked appropriate and fair utilization of healthcare resources (n = 83 or 38.6%) as the most often encountered ethical/professional issue. Conflict of interest was ranked as the most urgent or important ethical/professional issue (n = 83 or 39.3%). One hundred thirty-three (61.6%) respondents felt "somewhat" or "not at all" well equipped to handle ethical dilemmas in practice and 47 (22.8%) respondents identified a major or extreme burden (eg, have considered resigning/retiring) due to ethical challenges. CONCLUSIONS Areas of priority in ethics and professionalism issues can guide future policy and educational content in dermatopathology.
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- Meera Brahmbhatt
- Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Emory University, The Emory Center for Ethics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Dermatology, Baltimore MD and Joint Pathology Center, Division of Dermatopathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Montefiore Medical Department of Pathology and Internal Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,Aurora Diagnostics Twin Cities Dermatopathology, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dermatopathology Section, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology/Dermatopathology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.,CA and Palo Alto Medical Foundation Medical Group, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Division of Dermatopathology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.,Emory University, The Emory Center for Ethics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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