Abstract
In the March 2021 issue of Thyroid (vol. 31, no. 3; pp. 337–386) the article entitled “2021 American Thyroid Association Guidelines for Management of Patients with Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: American Thyroid Association Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer Guidelines Task Force” requires some corrections.
Sections of the article discussing Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) and Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment (MOST) forms have been revised as follows:
On page 352, the text originally read as:
“Traveling medical orders: POLST/MOST
Advance directives are frequently not followed because they may be inapparent in a patient's chart due to care across centers (172), even with electronic medical records. ATC patients frequently travel, making ATC patients ideal candidates for ‘‘traveling orders.’’ POLST is a declaration that travels with the patient documenting three levels of treatment: Full Treatment; Limited Interventions; and Comfort Measures Only. In the United States, some states have a POLST registry (172). The second type of traveling medical order is called MOST, which is a newer version of the POLST. MOST forms also have ‘‘Full Scope of Treatment’’ (173); Limited Scope of Treatment; and Comfort Measures (173). Because patients have very particular preferences about what they perceive as ‘‘limited,’’ ‘‘full,’’ or ‘‘comfort’’ scopes of care, POLST/MOST forms can optimize patientcentered care options. POLST or MOST forms can be specifically adapted using an online guide (
Has been revised to appeared as:
“Portable Medical Orders: POLST
It is well established that many advance directives are frequently not followed because they may be absent from a patient's chart due to transfers and traveling patients (172), even with electronic medical records. ATC patients frequently travel to see their care team specialists; alternatively, such experts are frequently providing expertise over the phone to colleagues who lack experience with treating ATC. Because of this, ATC patients are ideal candidates for “portable orders” through a POLST form that travels with the patient that documents three levels of treatment: Full Treatment; Selective Treatment; and Comfort Focused Treatment. Not all states use the same acronym for their POLST programs; there are approximately 15 different acronyms (
On page 352, left column, the following text:
“Advance directives must be discussed, as well as patient preferences (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment [POLST] or Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment [MOST] form).”
Should have appeared as:
“Advance directives must be discussed, as well as patient preferences (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment [POLST] form).”
On page 352, the following text:
“All ATC patients with decision-making capacity should be encouraged to draft an advance directive or fill out a POLST/MOST form.”
Should have appeared as:
“All ATC patients with decision-making capacity should be encouraged to draft an advance directive or fill out a POLST form.”
Also, page 352, right column, the following text:
“Patients should be encouraged to draft both an advance directive in which they name a surrogate decision maker and list code status and other end-of-life preferences including POLST or MOST document.”
Should have appeared as:
“Patients should be encouraged to draft both an advance directive in which they name a surrogate decision maker and list code status and other end-of-life preferences including POLST document.”
On page 364, the following text:
“POLST/MOLST is also advisable for patients who may be visiting multiple hospitals or institutions for their care.”
Should have appeared as:
“POLST is also advisable for patients who may be visiting multiple hospitals or institutions for their care.”
On page 374, the following text:
“Patients should be encouraged to draft both an advance directive in which they name a surrogate decision maker and list code status and other end-of-life preferences including POLST or MOST document.”
Should have appeared as:
“Patients should be encouraged to draft both an advance directive in which they name a surrogate decision maker and list code status and other end-of-life preferences including POLST document.”
On page 375, Table 7 footnote, the abbreviation and definition “MOST, Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment” has been deleted as it is not used in the updated version of the article.
On page 382, reference 173 has been deleted as it not cited in the updated version of the article.
The online version has been corrected to reflect this. The authors apologize for this error.