Terminal weaning from mechanical ventilation: Planning and process

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 36-51

  Tasota, Frederick J ^a   Hoffman, Leslie A ^b  

^a Tracheal Gas Insufflation Grant   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

advance directives; clinical ethics; critical care; decision making; mechanical ventilation; terminal weaning; withholding withdrawing life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DECISION MAKING; EXTUBATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSING; OXYGEN SUPPLY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029912097     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199619030-00004     Document Type: Article

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