A retrospective review of a large cohort of patients undergoing the process of withholding or withdrawal of life support

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1324-1331

  Keenan, Sean P ^a   Busche, Kevin D ^b   Chen, Liddy M ^a   McCarthy, Linda ^a   Inman, Kevin J ^a   Sibbald, William J ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Critical care; Critical illness; Decision making; Euthanasia; Intensive care; Life support care; Passive; Terminal care; Terminal illness; Withdrawing; Withholding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EUTHANASIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; BRAIN DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030786948     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199708000-00019     Document Type: Article

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