POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
medical order
|
| gptkbp:abbreviation |
Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment
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| gptkbp:administeredBy |
healthcare professionals
|
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
patients with serious illness or frailty
|
| gptkbp:created |
gptkb:Oregon
|
| gptkbp:distinctFrom |
advance directive
|
| gptkbp:documentType |
medical order form
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
POLST (Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment)
|
| gptkbp:includes |
orders about artificial nutrition
orders about comfort measures orders about intubation orders about resuscitation |
| gptkbp:legallyBinding |
true
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| gptkbp:purpose |
guide emergency medical personnel and healthcare providers in honoring patient wishes for life-sustaining treatment
|
| gptkbp:recognizedBy |
state law (varies by state)
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
advance directive
|
| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:physician
patient or surrogate |
| gptkbp:sometimesCalled |
gptkb:MOST
gptkb:POST gptkb:OPAL COLST DMOST IPOST LaPOST MOLST POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) TPOPP |
| gptkbp:targetAudience |
patients near end of life
seriously ill patients |
| gptkbp:usedIn |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:yearCreated |
1991
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Advance_Directives
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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