End of life in the NICU: A study of ventilator withdrawal

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 141-146

  Abe, Nancy ^a   Catlin, Anita ^b   Mihara, Diane ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b Napa Valley College   (United States)

Author keywords

Death; Extubation; Neonatal; Pain; Ventilator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DEATH; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING RECORDS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035350917     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200105000-00010     Document Type: Article

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